Feronia

I found no reference to a cargo vessel called Feronia grounding near Swampscott in 1865.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

I found no reference to a cargo vessel called Feronia grounding near Swampscott in 1865.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

She is called Feronia from the verb _fero, to bring forth_, because she _produced_ and

Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

Varner was convicted in March of 1865 of blockade-running and dereliction of duty on the high seas when his ship, the cargo vessel Feronia, foundered off the coast near Swampscott.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

Hard to believe now—impossible then—but up the side of the Feronia he must have climbed, punching hand-holds as he came, though why he chose to abandon shelter when the risk was greatest I do not know.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

The memories of those dreadful final days aboard the doomed Feronia possessed her captain; he did not possess them.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

But the rope lashing the boat to the Feronia had become hopelessly tangled and twisted by the incessant wind.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

He sank to his chest in the roiling surface, borne down by the same beast that had punched her fist through the chest of the navigator Burns aboard the Feronia, and blood gushed from his gaping mouth.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

You know already what special order your father had filled and what fate befell the crew of the Feronia.

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

Could it have been mere coincidence, the proximity of the two events, the visit from the detectives on behalf of the Union, and the sailing of the Feronia but two years later?

The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009