Treasures From The Sea
by Doug MacGillvary
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", June 1981, page 24
The following article appeared in The Hartford Courant Monday
morning, January 12, 1874, on page 3 in the "By Telegraph" column
under the sub heading THE SOUTH:
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Steamship Sherman Sinks
WILMINGTON, N.C. Jan. 11 -- The Steamship Sherman from New York for New Orleans sprung a leak on the 6th
inst., at 2 p.m. and sank yesterday in ten fathoms of water twelve miles south
of Little River bar. The captain, crew, and all the passengers were saved, as
was also a considerable portion of the luggage and cargo. The steamship was
owned by Frederick Baker of New York. She was built in Glasgow and was formerly
owned in Boston.
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Typical of the insulators recovered from the Sherman. Their
home for over 100 years was not too kind. Many are fractured or chipped. Still
some survived very well. |
Two coral and shell covered CD 728's, with a
well embossed cobalt Tillotson in the Center. |
A beautiful cobalt and light aqua
Tillotson with coral covered 728's. The coral cleans off easily, but seems to
take away the charm of the insulators. |
The treasures of the Sherman. A CD 728 No
Name, aqua; CD 731 cobalt Tillotson; and an aqua Tillotson. The majority of the
insulators from the Sherman were 728 No Names. |
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(Both of the preceding pages are reprinted from THE MORNING
STAR,
a Wilmington, North Carolina newspaper.)
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