Hurricane Sandy's attack on the beach, fully exposed a wrecked schooner, long buried on Fire Island; a barrier island off of Long Island, N.Y. - A four-mast Canadian schooner ship wrecked; went aground in heavy fog about a mile west of Smith's Point, Long Island, somewhere around 1919 or 1922. The men escaped in two boats. One capsized in the surf, injuring a crew member, but everyone, including a cat, made it to shore safely. The crew couldn't save the 3-year-old ship or its tons of coal, which was salvaged the following weeks.