1159 Old rig 1
1145 Red dead eye
12×18″ – 30x45cm
1146 The Hazard survivors
Two men survived from the wreck of the Hazard, being saved by a lightship one week later .
1147 The wreck of the Hazard
On February 13th 1881 the ship Hazard grounded on the shoals south of Nantucket. The captain escaped in a tiny craft abandoning the crew who built a raft on which two men survived.
1142 British Queen rescue
Rescue by schooners Gamecock and Hamilton of the 226 passengers of the British Queen wrecked west of Nantucket on December 17th 1851.
1148 Diorama British Queen
Diorama of the rescue by schooners Gamecock and Hamilton of the 226 passengers of the British Queen wrecked west of Nantucket on December 17th 1851.
1149 Nantucket sleighride
The whale, being hit, tows fast the whaleboat.
1152 Starbuck diorama detail
1152 Diorama of the J.Starbuck crew salvage
In November 1842, the crew of the whale ship Joseph Starbuck adrift was rescued by the steamer Massachusetts.