Review: Sailing family hunted sharks but met murderers and shipwreck instead
Capt. Frederick Walker — accompanied by his wife, three adolescent sons and a crew of 24 — left Hong Kong in the fall of 1887 ...
The New York Times1 个月
THE BARREN ISLAND NUISANCE.; Health Board to Consider the Subject at a Special Meeting.
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Chesapeake Bay's Barren Island restoration gets big boost with nearly $40 million contract
of Long Island, New York, for restoration work at Barren Island, part of the Mid-Chesapeake ... cubic yards of material consisting of mud, sand, silt, shell and combinations thereof will be ...
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As if the Swiss Family ran into murderers: A real-life shipwreck that led to mayhem
After a stormy crossing, their ship, the Wandering Minstrel, ultimately settled off small and barren Sand Island, where it was suddenly buffeted by typhoon-force winds. Its anchor snapped and the ...