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They succeeded , however , in causing vexatious delays , and , in July , had the audacity to fling a wreck in the very teeth of the builders , as if to taunt them with the futility of their labours . It happened thus : On the night of the 5th a vessel named the _ Charming Sally _ , about 130 tons burden , and hailing from Biddeford , came sailing over the main . A bright lookout was kept on board of her , of course , for the wind was moderately high , and the fog immoderately thick . The _ Sally _ progressed charmingly till midnight , when the look-out observed `` something '' right ahead . He thought the something looked like fishing-boats , and , being an unusually bright fellow , he resolved to wait until he should be quite sure before reporting what he saw . With a jovial swirl the waves bore the _ Charming Sally _ to her doom . `` Rocks ahead ! ''