Sunday, April 22, 2012

Schooner C.A. Johnson ~ July 1872

While en route from New York City to Washington, her rudder gears gave way and she wrecked at Hatteras Inlet. According to the Wilmington Weekly Star, July 5, 1872 "The cargo was saved, in a damaged condition, by the Ocracoke wreckers. The steamer Stevens took two lady passengers to Washington."

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