Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - March 11th

Today in 1866, the bark Isabel wrecked on Triumph Reef near Biscayne Bay with a cargo of rum, sugar, ginger, hides, and other goods aboard. The vessel was lost, but the wreckers received an award of $7,561. Twenty-six years later, in 1892, the brig Shannon bound for Mantanzas from Mobile was stranded on Polaski Shoal in the Dry Tortugas.The Shannon was a total loss and the wreckers were only awarded $199.