In January 1941, the two masted fishing schooner Mary OâHara collided with a barge in Boston Harbor.  At least 18 sailors died in the ice cold waters of Boston Harbor, while they were almost in sight of their own homes. Only five members of the crew managed to cling to the exposed mast for hours until help arrived. At the time, headlines called it Boston Harborâs worst disaster.
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