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Vessel sank at the entrance to the harbor at Lynn, MA, on Apr 3, 1912. She was owned by Stones Lynn Express, Lynn, MA. Includes correspondence, bills, and a memorandum of services rendered.

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Vessel sank southwest of Shagwong Reef in Long Island Sound, on Apr 20, 1912. She was owned by the T.A. Scott Company, New London, CT. Includes correspondence, telegrams, memorandums of expenses and losses, and list of wrecking gear and supplies on the vessel.

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Vessel became water-logged near Vineyard Haven, MA, Jun 17, 1912. She was owned by C.L. Baird of Kentville, Nova Scotia.

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Vessel was stranded on Long Island, NY, near the Ditch Plain Life Saving Station on Jun 4, 1912. She was owned by the Atlantic Fertilizer and Oil Company of New York, NY. Includes correspondence, telegrams, survey report, and a memorandum of services rendered.

Abstract Vessel was owned by Fulton Transportation Company, Jersey City, NJ, was chartered to James Hughes, Jr., of New York, NY, and was involved in three accidents. First it sank at the wharf of the Sealshipt Oyster Company, East Providence, RI, on Jun 24, 1912. Later it was damaged while going through the bridge at East Providence, RI, under tow of the Scott Company tug TASCO. On Oct. 29, 1913, she was damaged slightly while being towed from Millstone, CT, to New London, CT, by the Scott Company...

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Agreement between Rupert Way and T.A. Scott Company, Inc. to float the vessel off Fishers Island, NY. She was owned by S.P. Blackburn and Company of New York, NY.

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Includes correspondence, bills, a marine protest, and specifications of an engine.

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Vessel went ashore on Race Point, Fishers Island, NY, on Jun 18, 1909. She was owned by David Ritcey but appears to have been chartered to, or managed by, Scammell Brothers, New York, NY, at the time of the accident. Includes a bill and letters regarding services rendered.

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Vessel caught fire and ran ashore at Montauk Point, NY, on Apr 8, 1912. She was owned by Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, Baltimore, MD. Includes correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, memorandums of cargo removed, bills of lading, report of survey, specifications for repairs and renewals, and a memorandum of services rendered.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Records of the T.A. Scott Company, Inc., 1889-1927, consist of 25 document boxes containing 18,209 pieces which deal only with the marine salvage operations of this widely diversified firm. These papers form what the company called its "Wreck File". Although there are items dating between 1889 and 1927, by far the largest segment date between 1910 and 1919. Of the nearly 500 wrecks concerned, only 41 occurred before 1910 and none after 1919. The papers dated after 1919 pertain usually to...