1871

October 26, 1871. ​Rockland County Messenger (Haverstraw, N. Y.)
 Accident in Haverstraw Bay.
The schooner James A. Smith, of Tarrytown, while on her trip down the river on Saturday last, with a cargo of Bluestone, was struck by a heavy squall, and sprung a leak, and sank in the middle of Haverstraw bay.  A sloop and a schooner put out from the village on Sunday morning to render assistance, and succeeded in raising her, and together with the help of the steamer Boardman towed her ashore.  She was taken to Mr. West's Dry Dock and repaired.