20 days ago
Possible 1884 shipwreck exposed by nor'easter on Nantucket
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. CBS News, BBC News World, NPR News, NBC News Top Stories, and New York Times Homepage are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 27 Sept 2026, 01:04 UTC. 6 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Possible 1884 shipwreck exposed by nor'easter on Nantucket”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The Warren Sawyer ran aground on Dec. 22, 1884, while carrying 1,115 bales of cotton and 28 tons of scrap iron from New Orleans to Boston.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by New York Times Homepage
Likely Piece of 1884 Shipwreck Washes Ashore in Nantucket During Nor’easter
- New development reported by NBC News Top Stories
Nor’easter unearths fragments of 19th-century shipwreck on Nantucket
- Picked up by NPR News
- Picked up by BBC News World
Watch: Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket island during nor'easter storm
- Picked up by BBC News US and Canada
Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket island during nor'easter storm
- Picked up by CBS News
Same story, different outlets
5 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- CBS NewsPossible 1884 shipwreck exposed by nor'easter on Nantucket
- BBC NewsWatch: Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket island during nor'easter storm
- NPRNantucket shipwreck uncovered by Nor'easter
- NBC News Top StoriesNor’easter unearths fragments of 19th-century shipwreck on Nantucket
- The New York TimesLikely Piece of 1884 Shipwreck Washes Ashore in Nantucket During Nor’easter