Ship Disasters

Waukegan, IL Steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Serious Accident, June 1895

THIRTEEN WERE INJURED -- TWO SO SERIOUSLY THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE.

EXPLOSION ON A BIG LAKE STEAMER.  read more »

New Madrid, MO Steamer COL. CRESSMAN Burns, Feb 1858

PARTICULARS OF THE EXPLOSION AND BURNING OF THE STEAMER COL. CRESSMAN.  read more »

Mexico Bay, NY Schooner Hartford Wreck, Oct 1894

MORE TALES OF SHIPWRECK.

The Hartford Went Down in Mexico Bay with All on Baord.  read more »

Near Cairo, IL Steamer EMMA NO. 3 Burns On Snag, Feb 1870

DISASTER ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

THE STEAMER EMMA NO. 3 SNAGGED AND BURNED -- SOME PARTICULARS OF THE CATASTROPHE -- MANY LIVES LOST.

From the Cincinnati Gazette, Feb. 22.  read more »

Carrolton, KY Steamboat REDSTONE Accident, Apr 1852

TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.

Carrolton, Ky., April 3 -- 5 P. M.  read more »

Off Chicago, IL Steamer SEA BIRD In Lake Michigan, Apr 1868

THE SEA BIRD DISASTER.

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY ON LAKE MICHIGAN.  read more »

Toronto, ON Steamship Algoma Wreck, Nov 1885

THE WRECK OF THE ALGOMA.

SOME TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF THE PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS.  read more »

St. Louis, MO Two Steamers Collide On Mississippi River, Dec 1851

THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE DIE VERNON AND ARCHER -- THIRTY-FOUR LIVES LOST.  read more »

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