Record #:

34702

Author(s):

Moore, Sallie G.

Abstract:

During prohibition in the 1920s, the American schooner VINCENT ran aground on Cape Lookout. Residents from Cape Lookout caught sight of the vessel and went out to see the wreck firsthand. They discovered vinegar bottles filled with scotch whiskey on shore and began collecting the cargo. The fisherman proceeded to recover and sell the whiskey casks.

Source:

The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 20 Issue 1, Spring 2004, p15-17, il

Subject(s):

Prohibition; Shipwrecks--Outer Banks