The coal from the wrecked schooners Florida, and Laura A. Watson in being landed at the village and Old Harbor, under the careful supervision of Mr. Stephen J. Smith, Underwriters’ Agent, who is on hand at all times, attending to business with his usual dilligence and promptness. The men are at work at almost all hours of the day, and sometimes late into the night. The tides have served so early during the past week, that they were obliged to start by three or four o’clock in the morning. There has been no accident beyond the staving of a few boats, although the weather has been very boistrous, and the sea rough.
But little of the L. A. Watson‘s cargo is saved, her position being such that the boats could lay alongside but a short time on each tide. As she broke up several days ago, the greater part of her coal is lost, being buried deep in the sand. A large proportion of the Florida‘s coal will be saved, although over forty tons washed out of her before an attempt could be made to save it by boats. She is a complete wreck, and the next easterly storm she will probably share the fate of the L. A. Watson. The sails, rigging, etc., are to be sold Wednesday, at the Old Harbor, where they have been landed and taken care of by Mr. Hezekiah Doane, and Rufus P. Nickerson,. and their boats’ crews from North Chatham.
Chatham, Oct. 5. BOBSTAY
Chatham Monitor, Chatham, MA, October 7, 1875