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The mystery of the Mary Celeste started on Staten Island 144 years ago

By Irene Spezzamonte


On Nov. 7, 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste left from Staten Island for Genoa, Italy. The ship -- and the 1,701 barrels of alcohol for fortifying wine it carried -- would never make it to its destination.

And so the mystery began. The ship was found on Dec. 4 of that year by sailor David Morehouse at the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal located in the mid-Atlantic.

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Source: http://www.silive.com/

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