The Great White Hurricane of 1888 struck on the night of March 11 and continued furiously for two days, dumping 60 inches of snow on parts of the Northeast.
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Adrift on a Haystack, December 1786
A romantic tale from the Great Snow of Feb. 21-24, 1717
Wreck of the Falconer, December 17, 1847
Death in a snowstorm, December 1, 1722
On December 1, 1722, Daniel Rogers was returning to Ipswich from a court case in Hampton and took a wrong turn that led deep into Salisbury marshes. His body was found a few days later near Salisbury beach. Suspicion fell on one Moses Gatchel but no charges were filed, there being a lack of solid evidence.
Awful Calamities: the Shipwrecks of December, 1839
The Great Colonial Hurricane and the wreck of the Angel Gabriel
The Spectre Ship of Salem
Hurricane Carol, September 6, 1954
Wreck of the Watch and Wait, August 24, 1635
Mothers Day Flood, May 14-16, 2006
John Winthrop’s journal of the ship Arbella’s voyage to America, March 29 – July 8, 1630
On April 7, 1630, the Arabella was a week out from its port in England, and the last well-wishers returned to shore. The winds were finally favorable, and the ship weighed anchor and sailed for New England, with Governor John Winthrop and approximately 300 English Puritans on board, leaving their homes in England to settle in a fledgling colony.
The Ipswich lighthouse
In 1881, a 45-foot cast iron lighthouse was erected at Crane Beach, replacing an earlier structure. By 1913, the sand had shifted so much that the lighthouse was 1,090 feet from the high water mark. Use of the light was discontinued in 1932 and in 1939 the Coast Guard floated the entire lighthouse to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard.