{"id":8848,"date":"2014-11-12T16:23:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T16:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=8848"},"modified":"2014-11-12T16:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T16:23:56","slug":"scary-mayflower-fact-storm-cracked-ships-main-beam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/scary-mayflower-fact-storm-cracked-ships-main-beam.html","title":{"rendered":"Scary Mayflower Fact: Storm Cracked Ship\u2019s Main Beam"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn\u2019t realize that the Mayflower<\/em> had such a difficult time when the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic in 1620.<\/p>\n

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Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 25 November 1970, page 26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A long voyage\u2014yes, I knew that.
\nThe ship got off course\u2014yes, I knew that too.<\/p>\n

But multiple severe storms, including one that cracked and buckled the Mayflower\u2019s<\/em> main beam? No, I didn\u2019t remember that part of the story.<\/p>\n

Luckily the Pilgrims had brought along nails, screws and other items for building homes in the New World, and were able to use a \u201cgreat iron scrue\u201d to \u201cforce the beam back into place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Think of the main beam of a house. The main beam at the midpoint of a ship\u2014\u201camidships\u201d \u2014is the key beam holding the ship together. This was serious ship damage.<\/p>\n

That is a great true story.<\/p>\n

You want to know about these ancestral stories\u2014find them, save them and pass them down in the family. You\u2019ll find them in the old, deep GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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