1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Remarks, Sunday, June 30th At 2 P.M. the Bandara came out of the Havanna with our
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1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 7:30 a.m. barometer 29.57, thermometer 87, wind southeast 2, clouds 5. A light shower about 7. Tried the case of Joseph Lowe etals. vs. schooner William Chestnut. The Judge said that the Libelant is entitled to 40 per cent and advised the settlement of the disputed expense. Drew up a bill of sale from Faina to A. Arron for a Negro boy named Emanuel aged 4 years for $400.00. Captain and Mrs. Chase and Cora took tea they having sent most of their things on board the ship which is now ready for sea. J. V. Ogden died last night of consumption and was buried at 6 by the Masons.
Authorities on Wednesday found the body of a 50-year-old Rockport, Texas, woman who went missing while diving the USS Vandenberg wreck off Key West on Tuesday.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard had been searching for Jordan Jay Fisher since Tuesday, Monroe County Sheriffâs Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said. She was found not far from the wreck on the bottom of the seafloor at approximately 10:32 a.m. Wednesday by divers with the Sea Eagle Dive Boat out of Key West.
Her remains were taken by the U.S. Coast Guard to Coast Guard Station Key West. Foul play is not expected to be a factor in her death. Autopsy results are pending, Linhardt said.