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  2. Steamship Pulaski disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Steamship Pulaski disaster was the term given to the June 14, 1838, explosion on board the American steam packet Pulaski, which caused her to sink 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the loss of two-thirds of her passengers and crew. About 59 persons survived, and 128 were lost. [2]

  3. John A. Robb - Wikipedia

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    These boats include the schooners Viper (1836) and the Clara (1838). [5] [6] On July 4, 1828, Robb acquired payment provided by the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland Steamboat Company for the best model of a steam boat. [7] The steamship Pulaski was built by John A. Robb. She exploded in the Steamship Pulaski disaster.

  4. Category:Maritime incidents in June 1838 - Wikipedia

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    List of shipwrecks in June 1838; M. Maria (1804 ship) P. Steamship Pulaski disaster This page was last edited on 5 December 2023, at 00:01 (UTC). ...

  5. Pulaski - Wikipedia

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    SS Pulaski, a steamship sunk off Cape Hatteras in 1838; USCGC Pulaski ... County Route 11 (Suffolk County, New York) or Pulaski Road; Pulaski Bridge, New York City;

  6. List of boiler explosions - Wikipedia

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    28 April 1838: Marine (civilian) United States: Cincinnati, Ohio: 81: 13: 55 [13] SS Pulaski: 14 June 1838: Marine (civilian) United States: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: 128: New York and Harlem Railroad: 4 July 1839: Locomotive United States: 14th Street, New York City, New York: 2: 5 [14] Surprise: 10 November 1840: Locomotive United Kingdom

  7. Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar - Wikipedia

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    Most of his family was lost in the June 1838 explosion and wreck of the steamship Pulaski. Lamar took over many of his father's business interests and made investments of his own. During the 1850s, he became deeply indebted and entered the illegal slave trade. Lamar was a secessionist.

  8. SS Czar - Wikipedia

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    SS Czar [a] was an ocean liner for the then Russian American Line before World War I. In 1920-1930, the ship was named Estonia for the Baltic American Line, then named PuĊ‚aski for the PTTO (later Gdynia America Line) and as a UK Ministry of War Transport troopship, and as Empire Penryn after World War II.

  9. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    1838 Steamship Pulaski disaster: Accident – shipwreck Off North Carolina: 128–135 1901 SS City of Rio de Janeiro: Accident – shipwreck San Francisco Bay, California: 128 1911 Banner Mine disaster: Accident – coal mine Alabama: 128 1915 Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: Military strike – submarine Atlantic Ocean near Kinsale, Ireland