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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 14

Dec. 14, 1897: Six sailors drown when the schooner Susan P. Thurlow, built in the Washington County coastal town of Harrington, strikes a reef on a wretchedly stormy night off Cushing Island, near Portland. The ship and its cargo are torn to pieces within an hour. One crew member, Charles Reimann, a German, survives the […]