Massachusetts Disasters by Larry Pletcher & David J. Krajicek

Massachusetts Disasters by Larry Pletcher & David J. Krajicek

Author:Larry Pletcher & David J. Krajicek
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493028771
Publisher: Globe Pequot


While as many as an estimated 1,000 spectators flocked to Nauset Heights for a view of the battle, cottagers, according to the Post, “did not have to move from their piazza chairs to see every detail of the little drama.”

The drama played out with the German submarine repeatedly firing at the helpless barges one by one. It was not until the U-boat crept to within a few hundred yards of the barges that the shelling finally took its toll.

With the tug Perth Amboy ablaze and barge 703 heading for the ocean bottom, a hero emerged on the Lansford, the fourth and final barge. Frustrated by the lack of weapons with which to return fire, Jack Ainsleigh, the twelve-year-old son of the Lansford’s captain, knew he had to do something. Rushing below decks, he grabbed his American flag with every intention of sending the submarine crew a message.

As Captain Ainsleigh told the Boston Globe:

My little boy Jack appeared to enjoy the whole affair and his display of courage is truly remarkable. As soon as the shells began coming toward us he insisted that he get his American flag which was in the cabin. I told him he had better get his things together and get ready to get into the boat, but instead . . . [he] got his American flag, and standing there on the deck defiantly waved the flag in the face of the German commander.



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