28367. Semones, JoAnn. Shipwrecks, Scalawags, And Scavengers – The Storied Waters Of Pigeon Point. Glencannon Press. 2007.
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28367. Semones, JoAnn. Shipwrecks, Scalawags, And Scavengers – The Storied Waters Of Pigeon Point. Glencannon Press. 2007.
28367. Semones, JoAnn. Shipwrecks, Scalawags, And Scavengers – The Storied Waters Of Pigeon Point. Glencannon Press. 2007. 160p. DJ. Over 70 photos and illustrations. Pigeon Point – Those lucky enough to survive the bloodiest of shipwrecks at Pigeon Point say the San Juan, an old steamer, was doomed from the moment it collided with an oil tanker just before midnight on Aug. 29, 1929. “We heard the crash and the lights went out,” said the San Juan’s second officer. “Then, in a second, I got covered with water and the vessel sank from under me.” Fifty-five passengers and 20 crewmen perished in the fog as the waves overtook the splintered steamer. Just one child survived the wreck as his mother threw him onto the deck of the oil tanker, itself damaged from the collision. Such tales haunt the pages of “Shipwrecks, Scalawags, and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point.” Between 1853 and 1953, ships of all types – clipper ships, barks, schooners, steamers — sailing the central California Coast fell victim to Pigeon Point’s unpredictable weather and rocky shoreline. Author and historian JoAnn Semones offers the first- ever history of shipwrecks at San Mateo County’s notoriously treacherous Pigeon Point, using rare photographs and historic accounts from the people whose lives were altered by their experiences there. (M). $24.95.