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Teresio Fava |

Partì dall’Italia il 16 maggio 1928 arrivò da qualche parte a Terranova il 2 agosto dello stesso anno. La barca era un Cutter di 6 metri per 1.90. Teresio Fava era un invalido di guerra, gli era stata amputata una gamba.

E dato come disperso in mare non so dove e non so quando… ma mi piacerebbe saperne di più, nell’internetto non sono riuscito a trovare niente se non attraverso google books una citazione nel The New York Times Index del 1966 che però non è visionabile.

Se qualcuno che passa di qua ne sa qualcosa faccia il piacere di lasciare un commento.

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9 Responses to “Teresio Fava”

  1. New York Times del 16/11/1926

    Crippled Italian in Tiny Boat Believed Lost Near New York After Lone Trip From Naples

    ROME, Nov. 17. — Another tragedy of the high seas was revealed today through the disclosure of the ill-fated voyage of Captain Terezio Fava, who is thought to have perished when only a few miles from his goal in his attempt to reach New York from Torre del Greco, near Naples, alone in an open sailing boat.

    Da questo articolo sembra sia morto due anni prima di compiere la traversata…. mistero ;-)

  2. In un altro articolo del New York Times lo si dà per disperso, però l’articolo è del 28 Maggio 1926

  3. Dove l’hai trovato?

  4. Sulla pagina della ricerca articoli del NYT (peccato che tutto l’articolo del 1926 sia a pagamento) il primo

    http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D17FD3F581B7A93CAA8178AD95F428285F9

    il secondo tramite Google Books cercando New York Times Index e poi Fava T.

    http://books.google.it/books?id=xpsYAAAAIAAJ&q=new+york+times+index+crippled+italian&dq=new+york+times+index+crippled+italian&ei=dfVkScDHD4vkywTm6OXEDA&pgis=1

  5. Adriana Yanai on Febbraio 8th, 2010 at 16:39

    Teresio Fava was my grandfather. What would you like to know about him?

  6. I would be happy to receive any kind of information you have about him

  7. Dear Mistro,

    I know that my grandfather was a captain of a ship that was nationalized during the First World War. He was injured and one (or both) his legs were amputated. When the war ended he could no longer resume his position as captain and he became very depressed and despondent. Because he loved the sea, he tried to find consolation in an occupation that had to do with seafaring. I think he started building boats. He was a very proud man and courageous man, and he bet his friends that he could make it alone on one of his boat from Napoli to New York. So, he set off by himself, and as he came near the shores of New York, close to the Statue of Liberty, a storm broke. It was night time, his boat overturned and he drowned. The Americans searched for him the following day, but he was never found. He found his death in the sea that he loved, unfortunately so far away from home.

    This is the story I’ve been told by my family in Napoli. Tetesio’s son, my uncle Mario Fava, lives in Napoli. You could contact him (he doesn’t have a computer), and I am sure he could give you more accurate information. My Italian isn’t all that good, and maybe I didn’t understand everything I have been told.

    Good luck, and maybe I will benefit from it as well.

  8. thank you Adriana.

  9. If you find out anything new, I would greatly appreciate it if you would share it with me. I will be talking to my uncle soon and I will try to find out more from him.

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.