1900Eleanora Van Dusen was wrecked on the uncompleted Dog Bar Breakwater.Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry

Dog Bar Breakwater, c. 1905. J. F. Wilkinson, Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Photo 18737

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Sailing from Bay View, Maine, and loaded with paving stones and granite blocks, the schooner sought shelter due to bad weather on September 20, 1900. It was wrecked after hitting the breakwater under construction which was not yet marked on the maps.

Wrecksite. “SV Eleanora Van Dusen (+1900),” n.d. https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?258354.

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1900
The Gloucester Athletic Club reopened after extensive repairs.
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The Gloucester fishing schooner Ellen F. Gleason saved the captain and crew of the Nova Scotia schooner B.C. Borden.

1900Eleanora Van Dusen was wrecked on the uncompleted Dog Bar Breakwater.Economy and Industry, Maritime & Fishing Industry

Other Events

The Gloucester Athletic Club reopened after extensive repairs.

The first formal 6th grade graduation exercises were held at the Lane School in Lanesville.

Captain Joseph Mesquita's schooner Mary P. Mesquita was run down by the British steamer Saxonia.

The Gloucester fishing schooner Ellen F. Gleason saved the captain and crew of the Nova Scotia schooner B.C. Borden.