The trading schooner Potomac sailed from Jacksonville, Florida for Boston with a load of lumber. She got into difficulties on March 15, 1861 when a gale struck and damaged her fatally. As fortune would have it, theTropic, nearing the end of a long voyage from San Francisco to New York, encountered her four days later about to sink. After a two day struggle, the Potomac's crew was rescued and no lives were lost. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Disaster to the Schooner Potomac," New York Times, March 28, 1861
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Crime/Disasters