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The ship ran aground off Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of eighteen of her 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Pelley Island, Newfoundland to New York, United States.[1]
The ship was in collision with Rathlin (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich, London and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to London. She was consequently condemned and scrapped.[4]
The steamer was blown ashore in a gale, probably in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, sprung a leak but saved from sinking by throwing cargo overboard.[6]
The barge, after being cut loose in a gale by her tow boat <i>Thomas J. Scully</i> (United States), was able to anchor near the Cornfield Lightship, but sank the next day.[5]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with <i>Gypsum</i> (United States) off Sailor's Snug Harbor, New York due to poor visibility from heavy smoke blowing from the New Jersey shore.[17]
The barge, after being cut loose in a gale by her tow boat <i>Thomas J. Scully</i> (United States), drifted onto the Saybrook, Connecticut breakwater and broke up.[5]
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Gretna, Louisiana while tied up alongside <i>J. P. Jackson</i> (United States) that had caught fire and spread.[13]
The tug sprung a leak off Red Hook Flats, Brooklyn, New York. She ran to German American Stores, Brooklyn where she sank in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water. Raised on 16 February.[17]
The steamer was damaged in a collision with the barge Beaufort, being towed by <i>J. Alvah Clark</i>, at Norfolk, Virginia. She was beached to prevent sinking, but burned to the water's edge when lime in her cargo ignited.[3]
The steam schooner sprang a leak in a heavy gale. The rising water put out her fires and she was wrecked near McKenzie Head, Washington, a total loss.[15][18]
The steamer was rammed and sunk by the French linerLa Bourgogne while anchored at the entrance to New York Harbor in fog. All on board were rescued.[19]
The tug was damaged in a collision with Express (United States) off Pier 39, New York in the East River. She made a run for her dock but sank off Pier 11.[17]
On a trip from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Central America the steamer broke the crank pin in her engine causing a leak that caused her to sink. Three crew killed.[13]
The tow steamer was turning two lighters around, but caught on her tow line amidships, she capsized and sank in the St. Johns River nine miles (14 km) below Jacksonville, Florida. Later raised.[30]
The passenger steamer was sunk in a collision with the anchored USS Columbia at Newport News, Virginia. She had 107 passengers and 42 crew onboard, of which two passengers and one crewman drowned, and one crewman died of injuries in the hospital.[3]
The steamer was damaged in a collision with <i>Rose Hite</i> (United States) six miles (9.7 km) above Evansville, Indiana. She proceeded to the bank, where she sank later.[10]
The steamer caught fire at dock in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Her mooring lines burned through and she drifted onto a mud bank near the Leathem and Smith dock, a total loss.[33][34]
The steamer filled and sank while lying at the bank two miles (3.2 km) above Danville in the Tennessee River when she lost a plug in her hull. Later raised.[10]
The lumber schooner was damaged in a collision with Onoko (United States) in dense fog and rain in Lake Michigan off Gross Point, Evanston, Illinois. Several hours later she was taken under tow by <i>City of Duluth</i> (United States), but sank shortly after that off Chicago. Her captain William Williamson and four crew were killed (Charles Matson, mate, Henry Shira, seaman, Tom, deckhand, and Fitz, cook), two (William Grell, Alexander Sturen) were rescued by City of Duluth.[35][36]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with <i>L. C. Waldo</i> (United States) in the Ste. Marie River. Refloated on 1 June and taken to Cleveland, Ohio for repairs.[37]
The coal barge (and former full-rigged ship), in tow from Norfolk, Virginia, was run into by steam tanker Vedra (United Kingdom) and sank. The wreck was removed June–August 1896.[38][39]
1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was moored at the foot of Biddle Street, St. Louis when a tornado broke her loose from her moorings. She drifted one mile (1.6 km) down river before sinking. Her captain, his wife and two children were lost.[40][42]
The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Eastern Fields, British New Guinea, just east of the entrance to Torres Straits. The crew of the captain's boat was picked up by a steamer while the mate's boat managed to reach the coast of New Guinea.[47]
The steamer struck a rock near Pasque Island in Vineyard Sound and was leaking badly enough that she was beached on the island to prevent sinking. Refloated and taken to New York City for repairs.[5]
The steamship was damaged in a collision with a barge towed by <i>Charles Runyon</i> (United States) in the Swash Channel tearing a hole in her side. She was beached where she filled with water. The next day she was patched and pulled off and taken to Erie Basin, Brooklyn.[32]
The tug was towing the schooner <i>J. S. Lamprey</i> (United States). When she stopped at Riker's Island to pick up a second tow she was run down, rolled, and sunk by Lamprey. Raised the next day.[32]
The yacht broke loose from her moorings, drifted down river striking an empty barge at the Pittsburgh City Docks on the Monongahela River causing her to capsize. Her cabin was wrecked and her boiler dropped out. Her hull and boiler were recovered, repaired, and returned to service.[24]
The cargo liner steamer/barkentine was wrecked in thick fog off Point Punos Lighthouse, California, near Pebble Beach, California a total loss. The crew and much of her cargo of livestock were rescued by <i>Gipsy</i>.[15][63]
The steamer caught fire at dock at the foot of Forty-sixth Street, New York City in the North River. She was towed to mid stream by a Fire Department New Yorkfireboat that then filled her with water, sinking her off Pier 1. Wreck removed by 19 August.[60][64]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with <i>Ocianica</i> (United States) in the southern end of Lake St. Clair. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[24][65]
The steamer was lying by the bank for the night, but careened, filled with water and sank at Harmar on the Ohio River when the river level dropped and she got hung up on the bank. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24]
The former White Star Line passenger liner ran aground on Terschelling Island in the Netherlands. She was declared a total loss. After refloating, she was auctioned for scrap on 9 December 1896 and towed to Amsterdam, where she was broken up
The tow steamer was damaged in a collision with tow boat <i>Edwin Terry</i> (United States) in the Hudson River and was run aground to prevent sinking.[60]
The barge, under tow by <i>B. W. Arnold</i> (United States), sprung a leak in high seas on Lake Michigan and lost her hatches off South Point, Milwaukee, Wisconsin causing her to founder. Two of the crew was rescued by <i>Simpson</i> (United States), her captain was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, and the rest were lost.[73]
On a trip from Green Bay, Wisconsin to Buffalo, New York the steamer was sunk in a collision with <i>Livingstone</i> (United States) one mile (1.6 km) north of the Colchester Shoal Light in 23 feet (7.0 m) of water. Her machinery was salvaged. The wreck was later blown up with dynamite. The crew were rescued by Livingstone.[6][75]
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with steamer <i>Magenta</i> (United States) off Vesey Street, New York in the North River. Four crewmen killed.[60]
The steamer caught fire in Lake Michigan eight miles (13 km) east of Cana Island and her crew abandoned her. The tug <i>John Leatham</i> took her under tow four hours later near Jacksonport, Wisconsin and towed her to shore and scuttled her by ramming in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water south of Cave Point, but the water was shallow enough that she continued to burn until she was a total loss.[2][76]
The steamer sank after being damaged in high seas on an incomplete breakwater inside the bar at Coos Bay, Oregon sinking in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water, a total loss. Nine crew and four passengers lost. Survivors were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[15][77]
The tow steamer was sunk at dock overnight in the Gowanus Canal at the foot of Smith Street, Brooklyn in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water when her boiler blew up. Her engineer, the only one on board, was killed. The wreck was removed by the Hudson River Lighterage Company between 11–17 January 1897.[60][78]
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Yamhill River. She was raised, but while waiting to be taken to Portland, Oregon for repairs she broke loose from her moorings and was wrecked, a total loss.[15]
The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the barge Enterprise (United States), under tow of <i>Edwin Terry</i> (United States), off Verplank's Point in the Hudson River due to a steering problem on May Queen.[60]
The steamship ran aground and sank at Sheringham, Norfolk. All seventeen people on board were rescued by the Sheringham Lifeboat. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1902.[80]
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with <i>V. H. Ketcham</i> (United States) that she was towing when L. B. Johnson crossed V. H. Ketcham's bow and was hit, rolled over and sank in Lake Michigan near Chicago Harbor in smoky weather.[33]
The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Craigheads Point, Arkansas 70 miles (110 km) above Memphis, Tennessee. Raised and repaired.[10]
The schooner was heavily damaged and beached when part of her cargo consisting of gasoline exploded at Salem, Massachusetts, fortunately the 300 cases of dynamite on board did not detonate. Her cook suffered burns.[85]
The sailing ship struck a reef off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, and was wrecked with 471 Indian indentured labourers on board. Eighteen crew were killed; there were only four survivors.
The fishing schooner was heavily damaged by a huge sea breaking over her on 18 December drowning one crewman and fatally injuring another. She was abandoned and the survivors taken off on 20 December by the ocean linerColorado.[12]
The paddle wheel passenger steamer struck rocks off Key Largo and sank 19 miles (31 km) off Key West, off Loggerhead Key on either 20 January or 20 February.[13][91]
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