The schooner Grace Bailey, in-built 1882, was getting back from a four-day Fall Foliage cruise on Monday morning, when an higher part of the principle mast broke and fell to the deck, killing one passenger and injuring three others. Thirty-three individuals had been on board the schooner, which was about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) east of Rockland harbor, Maine, the Coast Guard stated.
Dr. Emily Mecklenburg, 40, of Rockland, was declared useless when she was introduced ashore by a Coast Guard boat following the accident. The Maine Medical Examiner’s Workplace in Augusta stated a explanation for loss of life has not but been decided.
The Portland Press Herald experiences that Mecklenburg specialised in inner medication, in line with MaineHealth’s web site. She had been training at Pen Bay Medical Middle in Rockport since 2016 and Waldo County Normal Hospital since 2018.
The three individuals injured had been transported to hospitals Monday, the Rockland Hearth Division stated. A helicopter transported one of many injured, whereas the opposite two had been transported to a neighborhood hospital, fireplace officers stated.
The 118′ lengthy schooner was in-built Patchogue, Lengthy Island, New York, in 1882 by Oliver Perry Smith, and named for proprietor Edwin Bailey’s daughter, Grace.
Because of Patrick Moran for contributing to this submit.
