AH-WR-0649

John B. Manning

Schooner · United States · Lost 1895 · Long Island & the New York Approaches

A schooner stranded on Fire Island during the same brutal February 1895 storm that famously doomed the nearby Louis V. Place, but whose entire crew was saved.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

John B. Manning stranded on a sandbar off Fire Island during a severe winter storm on the night of February 7-8, 1895, several hours before the schooner Louis V. Place grounded about a mile away in the same gale. Life-Saving Service crews from the Lone Hill and Blue Point stations worked through icy conditions to rescue everyone aboard the Manning, completing the operation after about twelve hours before turning their exhausted efforts toward the more fatal Louis V. Place disaster nearby.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: February 8, 1895
Cause: Storm
Location: Fire Island, between the Lone Hill and Blue Point life-saving stations
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 0
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 40.65° N 73.15° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Fire Island, New York (between Lone Hill and Blue Point)
Region: Long Island & the New York Approaches

General area only: coordinate of Fire Island (between the former Lone Hill and Blue Point life-saving stations) from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)

Specific details of the vessel's construction, tonnage, and cargo are not established in the sources reviewed, which focus on the rescue rather than the ship itself.