Adam Bolonsky Forwards-
Mike the lobsterman waxes philosophical and provides background info on the wreck of the Jennie M. off Salisbury Beach. Mike was visiting a friend at the beach during a winter gale as the waves and surge uncovered the wreck.
The Jennie M. foundered in a nor’easter off Ipswich and Salisbury as she was running granite paving stones down the east coast. Like the wreck at Long Beach in Rockport, winter storms uncover and expose the buried schooner’s ribs every couple of years.
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Above: The Jennie M. breaks up off Salibury Beach. The image combines a photograph with hand-drawn details (the gulls and the surfmen) – a common newspaper illustration technique.
Sole survivor was the ship’s cat. Local rumor has it that the schooner was carrying more untaxed liquor than paving stones.
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