Candy Washes Up on Nantucket Island
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Beachcombers picked through thousands of Hershey Kisses, Tootsie Rolls and other candies that washed up on Nantucket Island after a container ship lost its cargo in heavy winds. The Polish-registered ship Pol America lost 23 cargo containers filled with everything from candy to shoes, furniture and a car when it encountered near-hurricane winds and waves as high as 30 feet, the U.S. Coast Guard told Reuters.
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