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Scotia (search for this): entry wrecks
a. pleasure trip, capsizes off Barren Island, Jamaica Bay, N. Y.; twenty-five lives lost......July 10, 1887 American ship Alfred D. Snow stranded off coast of Ireland; thirty lives lost......Jan. 4, 1888 Steamer Vizcaya, from New York to Havana, run into by schooner Cornelius Hargraves near Barnegat light, N. J.; both vessel, out of Dublin; 122 lives lost......Feb. 19, 1841 Emigrant ship Edmund, with nearly 200 passengers from Limerick to New York, wrecked off the western coast of Ireland; about 100 lives lost......Nov. 12, 1850 Steamship St. George, from Liverpool to New York, with 121 emigrants and a crew of twenty-nine seamen, destroyed by fimouth of the Thames; 157 lives lost (many emigrants)......Dec. 6, 1875 Bark Ponema collides with the steamship State of Florida about 1,200 miles from coast of Ireland; both vessels sink; only thirty-five out of 180 persons saved......April 18, 1884 For the list of vessels sailing from port and never afterwards heard of, see
Bloomington, Wis. (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
Aux Barques, Lake Huron; twenty-four lives lost......Nov. 7, 1893 Steamer Niagara founders in Lake Erie; sixteen lives lost......Dec. 5, 1899 Mississippi River. Steamboat Brandywine burned near Memphis; about 110 lives lost......April 9, 1832 Steamer Rob Roy explodes near Columbia; about twenty lives lost......June 9, 1836 Steamer Ben Sherrod, racing with steamer Prairie, takes fire 30 miles below Natchez; 175 lives lost......May 9, 1837 Steamer Dubuque explodes near Bloomington, Wis.; twenty-six lives lost......Aug. 15, 1837 Steamer Monmouth collides with Trenton, in tow of steamer Warren, near Prophet Island, and sinks; of 490 emigrant Creek Indians, 234 perish......Oct. 29, 1837 Steamer General Brown explodes at Helena; sixty killed and injured......Nov. 25, 1838 Steamer Edna collapses flues near mouth of Missouri; thirty-three lives lost......June 28, 1842 Steamer Eliza strikes on snag 2 miles below mouth of the Ohio and sinks; thirty to forty lives
Ohio (United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
t......June 28, 1842 Steamer Eliza strikes on snag 2 miles below mouth of the Ohio and sinks; thirty to forty lives lost......Oct. 13, 1842 Steamer Clipper burshan 100 lives lost......Nov. 19, 1847 Boilers of steamer Blue Ridge on the Ohio River explode; thirty lives lost......Jan. 8, 1848 Steamer Orville St. Johns burured......Sept. 4, 1852 Steamer Reindeer bursts a flue at Cannelton, Ind., Ohio River; fifty killed or injured......March 14, 1854 Steamer Montreal, from Quebeclives lost......Jan. 30, 1866 Steamer Magnolia explodes her boilers on the Ohio River; eighty lives lost......March 18, 1868 Steamers United States and America collide in the Ohio River near Warsaw and burn; great loss of life......Dec. 4, 1868 Steamer Wawasset burned in the Potomac River; seventy-five lives lost......Aun lives lost......Dec. 26, 1881 Steamer Sciota wrecked in collision on the Ohio River; fifty-seven lives lost......July 4, 1882 Steamer W. H. Gardner burned on
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
853 Ship Staffordshire, from Liverpool to Boston, strikes on Blande Rock, south of Seal Island; 178 lives lost......Dec. 30, 1853 Steamer Georgia, from Montgomery, Ala., destroyed by fire at New Orleans; sixty lives lost......Jan. 28, 1854 Ship Powhatan, from Havre to New York, with 311 emigrants, goes ashore in a gale on, 1888 Steamer Corona explodes; thirty-eight lives lost......Oct. 3, 1889 Ohio and other American rivers. Steamer Benjamin Franklin explodes near Montgomery, Ala.; twenty-five to thirty killed and injured......March 13, 1836 Boiler of steamer Moselle explodes soon after leaving her dock at Cincinnati; over 100 livest......Nov. 19, 1847 Boilers of steamer Blue Ridge on the Ohio River explode; thirty lives lost......Jan. 8, 1848 Steamer Orville St. Johns burned near Montgomery, Ala.; thirty lives lost......March 7, 1850 Steamboat Henry Clay burned on the Hudson River; over seventy lives lost......July 27, 1852 Boiler of steamer Rei
Cornfield Point (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
rolina coast; about 100 lives lost......Jan. 31, 1878 American steamer Emily B. Souder founders off Cape Hatteras, N. C.; thirty-eight lives lost......Dec. 10, 1878 Thirteen American fishing schooners founder off George's Bank, Newfoundland; 144 lives lost......Feb. 12-16, 1879 American steamer Champion wrecked in collision with ship Lady Octavia, 15 miles from Delaware light-ship; thirty-one lives lost......Nov. 7, 1879 American steamer Narraganset wrecked in collision near Cornfield Point shoal, Long Island Sound; twenty-seven lives lost......June 11, 1880 American steamer Seawanhaka burned off Ward's Island, N. Y.; twenty-four lives lost......June 28, 1880 American steamer San Salvador lost at sea while making a trip from Honduras to Cuba; twenty-nine lives lost......August, 1880 Steamer City of Vera Cruz founders off Florida coast; sixty-eight lives lost......Aug. 29, 1880 Steamer Bahama founders between Porto Rico and New York; twenty lives lost......Feb.
Hudson River (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
d sinks; sixty-eight lives lost......July 9, 1842 Steamer Lucy Walker explodes three boilers simultaneously at New Albany, Ind.; fifty to sixty killed and about twenty wounded......Oct. 23, 1844 Steamer Swallow is broken on a rock in the Hudson River, near Athens......April 7, 1845 Steamer Tuscaloosa, 10 miles above Mobile, bursts two boilers; about twenty killed and many injured......Jan. 28, 1847 Brig Carrick wrecked in a gale in the St. Lawrence; 170 emigrants perish......May 19, Nov. 19, 1847 Boilers of steamer Blue Ridge on the Ohio River explode; thirty lives lost......Jan. 8, 1848 Steamer Orville St. Johns burned near Montgomery, Ala.; thirty lives lost......March 7, 1850 Steamboat Henry Clay burned on the Hudson River; over seventy lives lost......July 27, 1852 Boiler of steamer Reindeer in the Hudson explodes; thirty-eight lives lost, twenty injured......Sept. 4, 1852 Steamer Reindeer bursts a flue at Cannelton, Ind., Ohio River; fifty killed or inju
Cunard (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
19, 1882 Six American schooners founder off St. George's bank; seventy-six lives lost......November, 1883 American steamship City of Columbus wrecked on Devil's Bridge, off Gay Head light, Mass.; ninety-nine lives lost......Jan. 18, 1884 Belgian White Cross line steamship Daniel Steinman struck on rock off Sambro Head, N. S.; 131 lives lost......April 3, 1884 Three American schooners lost at sea between Gloucester and St. George's Bank; forty-two lives lost......Dec. 26, 1885 Cunard steamer Oregon, from Liverpool to New York, run into by an unknown schooner, 18 miles east of Long Island; all the passengers (631) and crew (205) taken off in safety, the ship sinking eight hours afterwards......March 14, 1886 Three Atlantic steamers stranded in one day: the Persian Monarch on the Portland breakwater, the Cunard steamer Pavonia on High Pine Ledge, Massachusetts Bay, and the Beaver line steamer Lake Huron on Madame Island, 7 miles below Quebec; each owing to heavy fog...
Devil's Bridge (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
ip from Honduras to Cuba; twenty-nine lives lost......August, 1880 Steamer City of Vera Cruz founders off Florida coast; sixty-eight lives lost......Aug. 29, 1880 Steamer Bahama founders between Porto Rico and New York; twenty lives lost......Feb. 4, 1882 Thirty-five wrecks during a storm off Newfoundland......about Dec. 19, 1882 Six American schooners founder off St. George's bank; seventy-six lives lost......November, 1883 American steamship City of Columbus wrecked on Devil's Bridge, off Gay Head light, Mass.; ninety-nine lives lost......Jan. 18, 1884 Belgian White Cross line steamship Daniel Steinman struck on rock off Sambro Head, N. S.; 131 lives lost......April 3, 1884 Three American schooners lost at sea between Gloucester and St. George's Bank; forty-two lives lost......Dec. 26, 1885 Cunard steamer Oregon, from Liverpool to New York, run into by an unknown schooner, 18 miles east of Long Island; all the passengers (631) and crew (205) taken off in sa
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
lodes three boilers simultaneously at New Albany, Ind.; fifty to sixty killed and about twenty wounded......Oct. 23, 1844 Steamer Swallow is broken on a rock in the Hudson River, near Athens......April 7, 1845 Steamer Tuscaloosa, 10 miles above Mobile, bursts two boilers; about twenty killed and many injured......Jan. 28, 1847 Brig Carrick wrecked in a gale in the St. Lawrence; 170 emigrants perish......May 19, 1847 Steamer Talisman collides with the Tempest on the Ohio between Pittsburg and St. Louis; more than 100 lives lost......Nov. 19, 1847 Boilers of steamer Blue Ridge on the Ohio River explode; thirty lives lost......Jan. 8, 1848 Steamer Orville St. Johns burned near Montgomery, Ala.; thirty lives lost......March 7, 1850 Steamboat Henry Clay burned on the Hudson River; over seventy lives lost......July 27, 1852 Boiler of steamer Reindeer in the Hudson explodes; thirty-eight lives lost, twenty injured......Sept. 4, 1852 Steamer Reindeer bursts a flue a
Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): entry wrecks
1883 American steamship City of Columbus wrecked on Devil's Bridge, off Gay Head light, Mass.; ninety-nine lives lost......Jan. 18, 1884 Belgian White Cross line steamship Daniel Steinman struck on rock off Sambro Head, N. S.; 131 lives lost......April 3, 1884 Three American schooners lost at sea between Gloucester and St. George's Bank; forty-two lives lost......Dec. 26, 1885 Cunard steamer Oregon, from Liverpool to New York, run into by an unknown schooner, 18 miles east of Long Island; all the passengers (631) and crew (205) taken off in safety, the ship sinking eight hours afterwards......March 14, 1886 Three Atlantic steamers stranded in one day: the Persian Monarch on the Portland breakwater, the Cunard steamer Pavonia on High Pine Ledge, Massachusetts Bay, and the Beaver line steamer Lake Huron on Madame Island, 7 miles below Quebec; each owing to heavy fog......Oct. 29, 1886 German ship Elizabeth stranded near Dam Neck Mills, Va.; twenty-two lives lost......
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