Wreckage of the schooner "Cox and Green," Hull, Mass.

Description

"On the morning of November 25th 1888, Joshua James (Boat-Keeper of Hull’s busy Humane Society lifeboat crews) spotted six schooners anchored in Nantasket Roads, a half mile southwest of Boston Light. The first to run aground in the mounting storm was the Cox and Green, which struck rocks in mid-afternoon, half a mile from the Humane Society’s boathouse at Stony Beach. The breeches buoy was used to rescue all eight sailors aboard." (www.lifesavingmuseum.org/exhibitsandcollections.html). The schooner, which was commanded by Captain Thompson and carrying coal to Chelsea, was a total loss. A man with a horse and cart appears to be cleaning up parts of the wreckage from the shore.