The following newspaper clipping caught our eye: “The law of chance, which is not susceptible to legislative modification is the only law that rules the seas, and never in the records of American shipping has there been an instance of such consistent perversely and persistent adversity following the fortunes of a sailing vessel as pursued the Harvey Mills from the hour of launching to the hour of foundering in mid-ocean.” Republican Journal of Belfast Maine, 1887. 

Ship Name: Harvey Mills 

Year Built:  1876

Tonnage: 2077

Ship Type: Wood Sailing Vessel Full Rigged 

Nationality: United States of America 

Year Wrecked: 1886

Reason For Wreck: Sprung Leak in Storm 

Location Wrecked: Off Cape Flattery 

Lives Lost: 17

Sources:   

https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-jan-10-1887-p-4/

https://newspaperarchive.com/maysville-daily-evening-bulletin-jan-08-1887-p-1/

https://newspaperarchive.com/morning-oregonian-feb-27-1887-p-1/

https://books.google.com/books?id=seRDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA341&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2oor6nsKCAxX0v4kEHRF1Aa8Q6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/01/07/104001773.html?pageNumber=2

https://newspaperarchive.com/sacramento-daily-record-union-jan-07-1887-p-1/

https://books.google.com/books?id=nXnVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3404&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif5sHfn8KCAxVkvokEHZjJCEM4HhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/06/13/102780784.html?pageNumber=2

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/01/08/104002478.html?pageNumber=3

https://books.google.com/books?id=PMcsAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA46-PA6&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm4526n8KCAxXxrokEHYMzApQ4FBDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false

https://newspaperarchive.com/sumter-watchman-and-southron-feb-03-1887-p-4/

https://newspaperarchive.com/the-republican-journal-feb-03-1887-p-1/