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Four Short Blasts: The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland
Four Short Blasts The Gale of 1898 and the Loss of the Steamer Portland
Author: Peter Dow Bachelder, Mason Philip Smith
The book tells the story of the Great Gale of 1898 and the loss of the steamer Portland and its 192 passengers and crew in the Thanksgiving gale of 1898. Over 500 other vessels, large and small, were either sunk or destroyed in the storm, which ravaged the sea, the coast, and shoreline areas from Connecticut to Maine. This Discovery Editio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780931675065
ISBN-10: 0931675065
Publication Date: 8/15/1998
Pages: 147
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Publisher: Provincial Press
Book Type: Paperback
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