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Feb172023
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They clung to the wrecked ship’s rigging for 12 hours in the storm

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A howling winter gale in 1888 very nearly killed the Lewes Station surfmen trying to secure a buoy to the shipwrecked schooner Allie H. Belden. Listen, as they narrate the horrors they faced.

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Dec62022
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Drowned at sea…twice?

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Plenty of people throughout history have faked their death in order to get out from under debt or a bad romance. But writing an elaborate letter about being lost at sea, stuffing it in a bottle, tossing it into the ocean, then hoping someone finds it? Seems like a dicey way to announce your demise.…

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Dave Tabler is a Delaware-focused author using his University of Maryland degrees in art history and photojournalism to examine and explore the first state's rich history and publish works of his findings. He also manages AppalachianHistory.net
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