Neal McPhee, residing on Barter's Island, was killed by being struck with a hawser on the schooner Solitaire. They were being towed into Boston, when running upon flats. It caused such a shock to the vessel that the hawser was thrown out of place.
(Hawsehole is a nautical term for a small hole in the hull of a ship through which hawsers may be passed. Also known as a cat hole. In the (British) Royal Navy, an officer who had served as a seaman before being promoted was said to have "come in through the hawsehole.")
He may have been buried on Barter's Island, Maine.
Neal McPhee, residing on Barter's Island, was killed by being struck with a hawser on the schooner Solitaire. They were being towed into Boston, when running upon flats. It caused such a shock to the vessel that the hawser was thrown out of place.
(Hawsehole is a nautical term for a small hole in the hull of a ship through which hawsers may be passed. Also known as a cat hole. In the (British) Royal Navy, an officer who had served as a seaman before being promoted was said to have "come in through the hawsehole.")
He may have been buried on Barter's Island, Maine.
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