Cox and Green
Schooner · United States · Lost 1888 · Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay
The first of six schooners driven ashore near Boston Light in the great November 1888 storm, rescued whole by Joshua James's Hull lifesavers via breeches buoy.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Cox and Green was a coal-laden schooner under Captain Thompson, bound for Chelsea, Massachusetts, when the great November 1888 storm caught six schooners anchored in Nantasket Roads near Boston Light. She was the first to strike rocks, grounding near Toddy Rocks on the afternoon of November 25, half a mile from the Massachusetts Humane Society's Stony Beach boathouse. Joshua James and his lifesaving crew used a breeches buoy to bring all eight sailors ashore safely; the schooner itself was a total loss.
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- November 25, 1888
- Storm
- Toddy Rocks, Nantasket Roads, Hull, Massachusetts
- Boston Harbor
- Chelsea, Massachusetts
- Coal
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- Captain Thompson
The Wreck Today
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- Total loss
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Position
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- Toddy Rocks, Hull, Massachusetts
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (68/100)
Build year, dimensions, and tonnage of this schooner are not established in the sources reviewed.
Full loss and rescue narrative, date, captain, and cargo destination
Historic New England / Digital Commonwealth
Photograph caption confirming wreck location, date, and rescue
