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common, bound In from the fishing g r o i n the harbor of Provincetown. SLIDE 25
A WRECK-SIDE: GONE
Wreck of no wreck, t h e sandy beach was always of interest, Hulks. were found throughout the extent from Race Point t o the elbow of the Cape.
SLIDE: 26 THREE MEN AND RIBS O F WR
A t times nothing
had been torn Into bits, Even the n
a m e was gone. an inkling as t o her Identity,
SLIDE 27 REMAINS O F WRECK. A SINGLE MAS T STANDING.
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And t h i s one?
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work
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They had been out t o a derelict, l e f t and abandoned by an exhausted crew, now a menace t o a l l passing ships, lands of a l l ships on their way from foreign ports bound for America.
SLIDE 46
Such m u s t be removed from
the
WAVE WASHED DERE LICT
Another “derelict
, awash and low i n the water,
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If within reach of our men patrolling the coast, the
upon them for destruction, which is generally done by
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deavoring t o be “on time,” the ambition of the captaln of every ocean liner
running between here and Europe,
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A DERELICT. STEAMER APPR
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(Talk and slides by Admiral Donald 1 .
Map of Cape Cod
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Surf on the Backside.
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Houses and White D o r y . 7. Wheel Tracks over the Dunes.
8.
A Portuguese Boy./
9.
TWO Portuguese
10.
A Fish Weir.
11.
1 1 . Man in Dory (A Pal 12.
13.
The “Watch” Calling
l 3 . A . “Dressing” Cod and Haddock
14.
Fish on Flakes. M a n .at Wheel of Fishing Schooner.
I 15.
Attacking a Whale.
1 6 . The Mortal Blow. 17.
A Dead Whale on the Beach.
18: 19.
Dead Trees on the Dunes. 2 . Snake
Tracks on the, Dunes.
21. Surf on the Backside. 2 2 . Surf and a Sail. 2 3 . House of Refuge,
24.
- A. Abandoned Hulks.
24.
2 5 .
A Wreck-side Gone.
2 6 . Whales O
n Beach at Brewster, Cape Cod.
A Brig a t
the Water’s Edge.
Three men and r i b s of Wreck.
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A Two'
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45.
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- 46. Wave-Washed Derelict.
47.
Tow Men on Raft.
One Waving, Life Boat Near Ship in Distress,
4 8 .
A Derelict.
4 9 . A Derelict. Steamer
- 50. Ship.
Life at Approaching 5 1 .
Men i n White
Standing
52.
Life Boat on Wheels.
53.
Launching
the Life Boat,
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55. The "Life C a r t , "
5 6 .
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Bark on the Beach
59.
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64.
Bark in Town.
65.
Three’Master on the Beach.
66.
A Throwing Stick.
67.
A 19’lb. Shot.
68. 69.
A Line Made Fast t o Topmast.
70. The Breeches Buoy. 71.
Two in Breeches Buoy,
72.
A Life-Car.
73.
Bert Bangs.
74.
Coston Light.
Light75.
Halfway House.
76.
Group Gathered a t Halfway House.
- 77. College G i r l w i t h Head and Shoulders out of Door.
78.
- 79. Men Pulling Boat Along Shore.
80. M e n Launching the Lifeboat. 81. Launching the Lifeboat.
82.
83. Rowing Through Heavy Seas.
- 84. Three Master Schooner and Lifeboat,
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w i t h no Masts.
8 8 . The KATIE J. BARRETT awash. 89. The Two Barges Ashore at Monomoy.
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Captain Eldridge and Elmer Mayo.
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92.
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94.
Full-Rigged Ship Struck Heavily on -the Bar.
A Three-Master Man Suspended i n Breeches Buoy.