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Lake Pontchartrain, LA Steamer ST. JAMES Fire, July 1852

Steamer St. James

THE LATE CALAMITY ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.  read more »

Boston, MA Schooner Joseph H. Cromwell Wreck, Sept 1905

THE 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

4 DEAD IN BLAST OF COAST TANKER.

12 MISSING, 24 HURT AS SHIP EXPLODES.  read more »

Block Island, RI Steamer Larchmont Disaster, Feb 1907

Steamer Larchmont, photo from familyoldphotos.com Larchmont Wreck, photo from Stu Beitler

Articles 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

Wreckage of the Bridge

STEAMER 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

Burned Ruins Of The Frontenac Dock on Cayuga Lake

BIG 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

Articles 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

Sindia Wreckage Sindia Beached

RESCUE 33 FROM WRECK.

OCEAN CITY LIFE SAVERS TAKE OFF CREW OF BRITISH BARK.  read more »

near Mobile, AL Steamer TUSCALOOSA Explosion, Jan 1847

TERRIBLE 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

Empress Of Ireland Empress Of Ireland

THE 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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