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14295b. (photo) Stranded freighter Etrusco Aground at Scituate, Mass. c.1956.

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14295b. (photo) Stranded freighter Etrusco Aground at Scituate, Mass. c.1956.

14295b. (photo) Stranded freighter Etrusco Aground at Scituate, Mass. c.1956. Press photo measures 7” x 9” and provides great detail of the stranded freighter Etrusco on Cedar Point in Scituate, Massachusetts during the Saint Patrick’s Eve Blizzard of 1956. Despite the gale blowing eighty and the wind-whipped waves and snow, the crew of thirty were rescued by the Coast Guard using the breeches buoy apparatus. Close, clear, with great detail. Photo is b/w and includes date on back. Dated March 19, 1956. (VG+). $38.