November 16, 2012
Updated Nov 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM PDT
As Long Island struggles to patch up, we have learned that Sandy exposed a ship wrecked on Fire Island nearly a century ago.
News that Sandy exposed the ship is the type of thing that would be normally notable in this area, but, as locals struggle to cope with losses, the discovery has been buried like the ship itself amid the extensive damage done to the area.
The ship Sandy exposed on Fire Island was run aground near Smith’s Point near Patchogue in either 1919 or 1922. Her crew survived with one injury attributed to a capsized lifeboat, but the vessel’s cargo and as well as the ship itself were unsalvageable.
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