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Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912

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Newspaper accounts on the sinking of the Titanic, from setting sail to memorial services for the unfortunate dead.

Long Island Sound, CT Two Steamers Collide, June 1880

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TERRIBLE DISASTER.

FROM 30 TO 70 LIVES LOST.  read more »

Athens, NY (Hudson River) Steamer SWALLOW Accident, Apr 1845

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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

TOTAL WRECK OF THE STEAMER SWALLOW.

A NUMBER OF LIVES LOST.

Steamer Rochester, Tuesday, 3 A.M.  read more »

Atlantic Ocean, NC (off coast) Steamer PULASKI Explosion, June 1838

From the Wilmington Advertiser of June 18)
PARTICULARS OF THE LOSS OF THE STEAMBOAT PULASKI.  read more »

Dunkirk, NY (Lake Erie) Dredger Sinks, July 1930

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LOCAL SANDSUCKER SINKS WITH LOSS OF 15 LIVES; SURVIVORS TESTIFY STONE CARGO LISTED IN BOW.

SIX SAVED AS WHELAN TURNS OVER.

CREW HAD TIME TO MAN LIFEBOATS, INQUIRY REVEALS.  read more »

New York City, NY Steamer AETNA Explosion, May 1824

MELANCHOLY DISASTER.  read more »

Mississippi River, MO Steamboat ILLINOIS Explosion, Nov 1833

ANOTHER STEAM BOAT DISASTER, AND LOSS OF LIVES.  read more »

Princeton, MS Steamer ORONOKO Explosion, Apr 1838

THE EXPLOSION OF THE ORONOKO.
From the Louisville Journal, April 28.  read more »

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