Getting trapped in ship’s wreckage saved mariner
About this episode
The episode recounts the harrowing survival story of George May, who was trapped in the wreckage of his ship but ultimately survived when it washed ashore.
George May was in an impossible situation, trapped in the upside-down hull of his ship, waiting for death. But then the ship washed ashore, the tide receded, and he lived to tell the story of the wreck of the M/V Oshkosh. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204a-mariner-survives-shipwreck-by-being-trapped-inside.html)
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