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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
eanJuly, 1874 Dead-meat trade between United States and England by refrigeration commences on White Star liners Celtic and Britannic1874 Bessemer saloon steamer launched at Hull, Sept. 24, 1874, maket deep, 13,800 tonnage, 28,000 horse-power, launched at Stettin, GermanyMay 4, 1897 Oceanic, White Star liner, 685 feet long, 68 feet wide, 44 feet deep, 17,250 tonnage, launched at BelfastJan. 14, quivalent to 692 statute miles, were covered in one day (July 30, 1901）]. Celtic, twin-screw, White Star liner, 700 feet long, 75 feet broad, 49 feet deep, 20,900 tonnage, built at Belfast, first voy261837 Queenstown to New YorkAlaskaGuionSept. 16-22, 188362140 New York to QueenstownTeutonicWhite StarOct. 21-27, 18915213 Queenstown to New YorkTeutonicWhite StarAug. 13-19, 189151631 Glasgow toWhite StarAug. 13-19, 189151631 Glasgow to New YorkCity of RomeAnchorAug. 18-24, 188662035 New York to GlasgowCity of RomeAnchorAug. 13-19, 188561825 New York to AntwerpFrieslandRed StarAugust, 189482213 Approximate Distances: Sandy Hook
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ons on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina......March 3, 1873 Forty-second Congress adjourns......March 4, 1873 Senate convenes in special session......March 4, 1873 President Grant reinaugurated......March 4, 1873 twenty-second administration—Republican, March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1877. Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois, President. Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, Vice-President. Special session of Senate adjourns......March 26, 1873 White Star steamship Atlantic wrecked on Marr's Rock, off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost......April 1, 1873 Massacre by Indians under Captain Jack of General Canby, in the lava-beds near Fort Klamath, Cal......April 11, 1873 Rescue of nineteen persons (late of the Polaris) from floating ice in Baffin's Bay, by the sealing-vessel Tigress, Captain Bartlett, of Conception Bay, Newfoundland......April 30, 1873 One-cent postal-cards issued by the United States government......May 1, 1873 National
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
ix passengers and all the crew except five......Oct. 20, 1870 Steamer Kensington collides with bark Templar off Cape Hatteras; both wrecked and many lives lost......Jan. 27, 1871 Staten Island ferry-boat Westfield explodes at New York; 100 lives lost, 200 persons injured......July 30, 1871 Steamer Metis sunk in collision on Long Island Sound; fifty lives lost......Aug. 30, 1872 Steamer Missouri, from New York to Havana, burned at sea; thirty-two lives lost......Oct. 22, 1872 White Star steamer Atlantic strikes on Marr's Rock, off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost out of 976......April 1, 1873 French steamer Ville du Havre, from New York to Havre, sunk in sixteen minutes in mid-ocean by collision with ship Loch Earn; 230 lives lost out of 313......Nov. 23, 1873 American steamer City of Waco burned off Galveston bar; fifty-three lives lost......Nov. 9, 1875 American ship Harvest Queen wrecked by collision about 45 miles from Queenstown; twenty-seven lives lost......Dec