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Water and Ice: Two Tragic Wrecks on Long Island

Join author Art Mattson as he chronicles the tragic tale of these tall  ships on the 175th anniversary of the shipwreck which claimed 215  lives. Survivors are buried in nearby Rockville Cemetery making the 1836 events noteworthy in local history.

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