Watching the molasses barge "Regina" sink. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Spectators gather along the beach on Anna Maria Island to witness the sinking of the 300-foot long molasses barge "Regina". She was a converted tanker, loaded with 350,000 gallons of molasses, when she was caught by stormy seas.Clayton Adams of Cortez and other local men worked to rescue the crew as the March night grew cold and the temperature dropped past 40 degrees F. The ships cook, Severino Canisares and the ship's mascott, a German shepherd dog, were killed trying to swim to shore. The water and the beach was filled with brown globs of molasses for months after the sinking. Spectators gather along the beach on Anna Maria Island to witness the sinking of the 300-foot long molasses barge "Regina". She was a converted tanker, loaded with 350,000 gallons of molasses, when she was caught by stormy seas.Clayton Adams of Cortez and other local men worked to rescue the crew as the March night grew cold and the temperature dropped past 40 degrees F. The ships cook, Severino Canisares and the ship's mascott, a German shepherd dog, were killed trying to swim to shore. The water and the beach was filled with brown globs of molasses for months after the sinking. AUnited States Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Beach Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Watching the molasses barge "Regina" sink.
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Spectators gather along the beach on Anna Maria Island to witness the sinking of the 300-foot long molasses barge "Regina". She was a converted tanker, loaded with 350,000 gallons of molasses, when she was caught by stormy seas.Clayton Adams of Cortez and other local men worked to rescue the crew as the March night grew cold and the temperature dropped past 40 degrees F. The ships cook, Severino Canisares and the ship's mascott, a German shepherd dog, were killed trying to swim to shore. The water and the beach was filled with brown globs of molasses for months after the sinking.
Spectators gather along the beach on Anna Maria Island to witness the sinking of the 300-foot long molasses barge "Regina". She was a converted tanker, loaded with 350,000 gallons of molasses, when she was caught by stormy seas.Clayton Adams of Cortez and other local men worked to rescue the crew as the March night grew cold and the temperature dropped past 40 degrees F. The ships cook, Severino Canisares and the ship's mascott, a German shepherd dog, were killed trying to swim to shore. The water and the beach was filled with brown globs of molasses for months after the sinking.
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Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Beach
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection