The Disaster to the Pilot Schooner 'Rip'

Drawing of two sail boats tipping over in large ocean swell. On one boat a man clings to the side, partially submerged in the water

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'The Disaster to the pilot schooner "Rip" was published in The Australasian Sketcher August 9, 1873.

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Long description of the accident.

"The cloud that envelopes the sad accident and loss of life from the pilot schooner Rip is not totally devoid of a silver lining. The heroism of the sailor Marr, who signed his own death warrant to give the schooner a chance for safety will be long remembered..."

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