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SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
After a race between the City of Chicago and the City of Milwaukee in September 1900, a Chicago–newspaper boasted that the winner (the City of Chicago) was the "fastest on the lakes". [5] A paper in Detroit, Michigan subsequently listed nine vessels that could have easily beaten the City of Chicago. The list did not mention the Tashmoo. A. A.
Annie Jane – was a passenger ship carrying immigrants that was damaged and sunk in a gale off the coast of Vatersay on 28 September. Of the 450 aboard 348 were lost. [10] 348 1806 United Kingdom: HMS Athenienne – On the evening of 20 October, she struck a submerged reef on the Esquirques, in the Strait of Sicily and sank. In all, 347 people ...
Soleil Royal – On 3 June, in the Battle of La Hougue, the French flagship was attacked by 17 ships at Pointe du Hommet. The ship managed to repel them with artillery fire, but a fire ship set its stern afire and the fire soon reached its powder rooms. The people of Cherbourg came to the rescue, but there was only one survivor out of 883 to ...
Tampomas II – On 27 January the ocean liner, carrying more people than its capacity limit of 1,137, sank in the Java Sea after a fire and explosion. At least 580 people were killed and 515 rescued. [19] 580 [citation needed] 1920 France: SS Afrique – The passenger ship sank on 9 January in the Bay of Biscay in bad weather. It was carrying ...
Actor Brian J. White explained how training for on-screen roles helped him to detain an illegal immigrant on his neighbor's property who was allegedly threatening to use a blowtorch in LA fire zone.
The fire soon grew out of control. [5]: 56 [8] First Mate Watts ordered the ship turned towards shore, but the fire overwhelmed the engine room and the ship drifted to a halt about five miles from shore and nine miles from Sheboygan. [4]: 49 The Phoenix carried only two lifeboats, with a capacity of 20 people each. These were quickly launched ...
Freddy Tomas was working in his yard in Lahaina when the fire advanced with stunning speed right up to his fence. The FBI and the Maui County Medical Examiner and Coroner office are working ...