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The PS Lady Elgin was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off the fledgling town of Port Clinton, Illinois, whose geography is now divided between Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois, after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner Augusta in the early hours of September 8, 1860.
Particularly influential was the 1860 sinking of the Lady Elgin, a disaster which claimed more than 300 lives. [7] [16] The citizens of Evanston petitioned the government for the light station, but the Civil War (1861-1865) delayed any funding for the project. [1]
Lady Elgin – The passenger steamer collided with the schooner Augusta of Oswego in a gale and sank in the early morning of 8 September, on Lake Michigan while en route from Chicago to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The death of many political operatives greatly affected the political situation in Milwaukee, and the disaster resulted in new maritime ...
The Lady Elgin, however, sank within half an hour, the small ship having opened a large hole in the steamboat's side. Over 300 of the nearly 400 lives on board were lost.
The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes mountains, immediately ...
Between 241 and 289 lives lost when the ship caught fire. Third-greatest loss of life in any Great Lakes shipping disaster. Grand Traverse United States: 20 October 1896 The bulk carrier sank in a collision with the Livingstone. H.A. Barr: 24 August 1902 The barge sank off Point Stanley
The Titan’s wreckage was seen for the first time in pictures after the Coast Guard announced on Thursday (23 June) that ROVs (remotely-operated vehicles) found its chambers in a sea of debris 1 ...
1860 Lady Elgin: over 400 dead 1835 "Cyclone": 254 dead 1913 Great Storm: 244 dead 1880 Alpena Storm: about 100 dead 1940 Armistice Day: 66 dead 1916 Black Friday: 49 dead 1958 Bradley: 33 dead 1905 Blow: 32 dead 1975 Fitzgerald: 29 dead 1966 Morrell: 28 dead 1894 May Gale: 27 dead