SS Hungarian Memorial Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/31/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Built for the Montreal based Allan Line's Liverpool service, HUNGARIAN was an iron hulled steamer with a barque rig and a single funnel, one of Canada's largest steamships

HUNGARIAN's captain was apparently searching for a glimpse of Cape Sable Island when disaster struck. Flares from the steamer were sighted at about three in the morning and fishermen on Cape Sable saw people clinging to HUNGARIAN's masts at daybreak but seas were too high to render aid. Debris washing ashore soon revealed the full extent of the tragedy. They included personal belongings, part of the ship's cargo of fine textiles, a number of bodies and according to legend, a diary, whose last, sad entry, "Lizzie dies tonight," became a popular ballad. All 205 people aboard were lost. The wreck led directly to the establishment of the Cape Sable lighthouse the following year. Extensive salvage was performed on her wreck in subsequent years. HUNGARIAN is one of countless wrecks in the Cape Sable-Seal Island area. No underwater archaeology has been conducted in the area, although Parks Canada has done some survey work. Strong currents and rip tides make the area a dangerous challenge for even experienced divers...In the year 1839 the SS Hungarian sunk off the coast of Nova Scotia. On board was a young woman by the name of Lizzie who was returning from Europe after a long illness to her homeland the United States.

As the shipped heaved and tossled in the water Lizzie realized that it was going to sink so she grabbed a piece of paper and wrote this note to her mother.

"Dear Mother,

I love you and have loved our time together. I am glad that I shared my life with you. The ship is sinking and and will soon be gone and so will I. Lizzie dies tonight."

She then tucked the note into her wallet. The wallet washed up on the shore some time later and the note was found between it's folds...so few were recovered, they were given proper burial and are buried in Old Town Cemetery near entrance to Swim`s Point at Clark`s Harbour

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