Record #:

20420

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Last September's hurricanes uncovered the remains of several vessels that had been buried in the and for many years on the state's Outer banks. The wrecks stretch from Hatteras Island down to Ocracoke. As usual it is a fleeting exposure as winds and sand again begin to cover the wrecks. Among the most interest are the ghost ship, the Carroll A. Deering; the Aristo, a British tramp steamer sunk in 1899; and the George W. Wells, the first six-masted schooner ever built, and at that time the largest wooden vessel afloat. She went down in 1913, and her remains had been buried on Ocracoke for a long time.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 10, Aug 1945, p1-3, il

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--Outer Banks