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1812: The schooner Olive, sailing from Boston to Havana, was wrecked in a gale at Key Largo. Wreckers from Nassau saved much of the cargo, which they carried to that

1744: The HMS Looe struck on the Florida Keys reef that now bears its name. Capt. Utting, the ship’s commander, saw that there was no way to save Looe, so

1825: The Colombian schooner Colombiano arrived at Knight’s Key in a leaking condition after having struck a reef off Cuba. Several pirates had tried to attack the crippled vessel and

1830: William R. Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose before the sun. Schooners Florida and Henry Clay and the Sloop Hyder Aly went up to the reef this morning. The

1830: William R. Hackley recorded in his diary. Rose about half past five, before the sun made his appearance and read the “Acts.” The cargo of the Brig Halcyon was