Wicked Local
EASTHAM Cape Cod’s Outer Beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of what is now the outer beach of the Cape Cod National Seashore saw the demise of more than 3,000 vessels.
It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet wet.
Since 2015, Don Wilding has been writing the popular “Shore Lore” column for The Cape Codder, often focusing on maritime tragedies. He has now compiled some of those columns and more research for his third book, “Cape Cod Shipwrecks: Stories of Tragedy and Triumph.”
In Yarmouth History
Daniel Pierce
This page was created by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth in cooperation with The Register Newspaper in 2002 to promote the study of history in the Mid-Cape region.
150 Years Ago: March 1871
March 4th Osterville - A daughter of Mr. James Codd, aged ten years, on Friday last, picked up a loaded pistol in the street, she took it to school with her, placing it in her cloak pocket. In some way, one of the charges was exploded, the ball entering the upper part of her bowels. A surgeon failed to reach the ball by probing, and though the child lived there was little hope of her recovery.She died on Thursday.