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The Wrecks of the Bristol and the Mexico
with Art Mattson
In early January 1837, one of the worst shipwrecks in New York history occurred. Off Nassau Beach on Long Island’s south shore, the ship Mexico became stranded in freezing weather. A total of 116 people, mostly Irish immigrants and crew members, succumbed to the icy cold. Six weeks earlier, the ship Bristol had been wrecked off Far Rockaway. Nearly 100 Irish and English immigrants drowned.
Art Mattson, Lynbrook village historian and author of Water and Ice: The Forgotten Shipwrecks of the Bristol and Mexico, will discuss the fate of the two ships and their passengers.
DATE
Saturday, April 20 2024
TIME
10:00 a.m. Meet & Greet
10:15 a.m. Ask the Experts
10:45 a.m. Welcome
11:00 a.m. Guest Speaker
WHERE
This meeting will be held in-person at the Bethpage Public Library and virtually by ZOOM.