Ship Disasters
Lake Pontchartrain, LA Steamer ST. JAMES Fire, July 1852
Posted October 10th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerTHE LATE CALAMITY ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. read more »
Boston, MA Schooner Joseph H. Cromwell Wreck, Sept 1905
Posted October 6th, 2008 by Linda HortonTHE LOSS OF EIGHT MEN DROVE CAPTAIN INSANE
Members of a Fishing Schooner's Crew Lost in a Fog and the Captain Commits Suicide. read more »
Los Angeles, CA Tanker Explosion, June 1947
Posted October 5th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerBlock Island, RI Steamer Larchmont Disaster, Feb 1907
Posted September 29th, 2008 by gendisastersArticles about the deadly collision between the Joy Line steamer Larchmont and the schooner Harry Knowlton in Block Island Harbour, Feb 1907.
Duluth, MN Steamer Hits Bridge, Aug 1906
Posted September 17th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerSTEAMER HITS LARGE BRIDGE; BLOCKS TRAFFIC.
PACKAGE FREIGHTER SENDS SPAN OF INTERSTATE STRUCTURE INTO CHANNEL.
SMALL BOATS ABLE TO GET THROUGH. read more »
Lake Cayuga, NY Steamer FRONTENAC Burns, July 1907
Posted September 17th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerBIG STEAMER BURNS; NINE LIVES LOST.
THE FRONTENAC WAS AN OLD SIDE WHEELER CARRYING CREW OF TWELVE.
PASSENGERS LOST LIVES. read more »
Racine, WI Steamer Onoko & Schooner Mary D. Ayer Wreck, May 1896
Posted September 14th, 2008 by gendisastersArticles about the fatal collision of the Steamer Onoko and the Schooner Mary D. Ayer Wreck near Racine, Wisconsin in May 1896
Off Ocean City, NJ SINDIA Ship Wrecks, Dec 1901
Posted September 11th, 2008 by Stu Beitlernear Mobile, AL Steamer TUSCALOOSA Explosion, Jan 1847
Posted September 10th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerTERRIBLE CATASTROPHE -- LOSS OF LIFE.
The details of the following disastrous occurrence were published on the afternoon of the 29th of January, by the Mobile Register: read more »
St. Lawrence River, QB Sinking Of EMPRESS OF IRELAND, May 1914
Posted August 29th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerTHE EMPRESS OF IRELAND SINKS AT SEA.
800 SOULS LOST IN TERRIBLE DISASTER.
BIG C.P.R. EMPRESS RAMS COLLIER STORSTAD GOES DOWN BEFORE AID COULD REACH HER. read more »
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