In the late 19th century, tales of maritime disasters often blended the harsh realities of seafaring life with elements of the supernatural, capturing the imaginations of readers in an era when ships were the lifelines of global trade. The story of the Alfred D. Snow, a majestic clipper ship lost to the treacherous Irish coast in 1887, stands out not just for its tragic end but for the eerie premonitions and ghostly apparitions that reportedly haunted its final voyage. Drawing from a contemporary newspaper account, this historic article recounts a chilling sequence of events involving a prophetic dream, a suicide, and spectral sightings that seemed to foretell the vessel’s doom.Â
by humblymybrain