[Illustration: (cover)] [Illustration: ISAAC M. SMALL WHO RESPECTFULLY DEDICATES THIS LITTLE VOLUME OF “SHIPWRECKS” TO CAPE COD’S SUMMER VISITORS ] SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD THE STORY OF A FEW OF THE MANY HUNDRED SHIPWRECKS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ON CAPE COD BY ISAAC M. SMALL FOR SIXTY YEARS MARINE REPORTING AGENT FOR BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH TRURO, MASSACHUSETTS HIGHLAND LIGHT MAY 1st, 1928 Reprinted 1967 By THE CHATHAM PRESS INC. CHATHAM, MASS. [Illustration: (logo)] CONTENTS PAGE Author’s Preface 5 Loss of the Josephus 8 The Clara Bell 11 The Loss of the Ship Peruvian 14 The Bark Francis 18 Loss of the Giovanni 21 The Jason 24 Loss of the Steamship Portland 27 The Gift of the Sea 31 A Few of the Many Deep Sea Mysteries 34 The Monte Taber 35 Loss of the Oakland 37 Loss of the Castagnia 39 Thomas W. Lawson--the Largest Schooner 41 Loss of the Ship Asia 42 Barges Wadena and Fitzpatrick 43 Story of the Sloop Trumbull 46 Wreck of the Somerset--British Man of War 48 The Mystery of the Mary Celeste 50 The Self-Steered Craft 52 Tragedy of the Herbert Fuller 53 The Job Jackson Wreck 56 Loss of the Number 238 57 The Palmer Fleet 59 A Gale, and What it Did 61 Loss of the Montclair on Orleans Beach 63 Loss of the Reinhart at Race Point 65 Was it Murder? 67 Stranding of the Barges 69 The John Tracy Mystery 72 Wreck of the Roger Dicky 73 The Gettysburg Tow 75 Loss of the Elsia G. Silva 77 A Terrible Disaster 78 Terrible Submarine Disaster 80 Stranding of the Robert E. Lee 85 PREFACE