Shipwrecks of the Florida Keys - April 13th

This year April the 13th falls on a Friday. In 1895 though, Saturday the 13th was an unlucky day. Two ships wrecked that day here in the Florida Keys. One was the schooner R. Bowers which was stranded on Southwest Reef in the Dry Tortugas. The schooner was carrying a cargo of yellow pine from Apalachicola to Boston. It is unknown if it was salvaged. The other vessel was the British ship Walter D. Walleth which also carried lumber, though the ship was en route from Mobile to Belfast. The ship was stranded off of Loggerhead Light, in the Dry Tortugas. The ship and cargo were valued at $22,000.