The Unlucky Harvey Mills (1886)

The following newspaper clipping caught our eye: “The law of chance, which is not susceptible to legislative modification is the only law that rules the seas, and never in the records of American shipping has there been an instance of such consistent perversely and persistent adversity following the fortunes of a sailing vessel as pursued the Harvey Mills from the hour of launching to the hour of foundering in mid-ocean.” Republican Journal of Belfast Maine, 1887.  Ship Name: Harvey Mills  Year Built:  1876 Tonnage: 2077 Ship Type: Wood Sailing Vessel Full Rigged  Nationality: United States of America  Year Wrecked: 1886 Reason For Wreck: Sprung Leak in Storm  Location Wrecked: Off Cape Flattery  Lives Lost: 17 Sources:    https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-jan-10-1887-p-4/ https://newspaperarchive.com/maysville-daily-evening-bulletin-jan-08-1887-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/morning-oregonian-feb-27-1887-p-1/ https://books.google.com/books?id=seRDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA341&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2oor6nsKCAxX0v4kEHRF1Aa8Q6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/01/07/104001773.html?pageNumber=2 https://newspaperarchive.com/sacramento-daily-record-union-jan-07-1887-p-1/ https://books.google.com/books?id=nXnVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3404&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif5sHfn8KCAxVkvokEHZjJCEM4HhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/06/13/102780784.html?pageNumber=2 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/01/08/104002478.html?pageNumber=3 https://books.google.com/books?id=PMcsAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA46-PA6&dq=harvey+mills+ship+1886&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm4526n8KCAxXxrokEHYMzApQ4FBDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=harvey%20mills%20ship%201886&f=false https://newspaperarchive.com/sumter-watchman-and-southron-feb-03-1887-p-4/ https://newspaperarchive.com/the-republican-journal-feb-03-1887-p-1/