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The Niagara Scow View of the Toronto Power House with the scow in the background, 1922. The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918.
Several boats, lying on their sides, are stuck in the muddy marsh between the river and Bay Street. Tropical Storm Helene ran the vessels, most of them sailboats, aground there on Sept. 27.
Our river cruise (not pictured) left us behind. Fortunately, the ship came back for us. ollo/Getty Images I'm a seasoned traveler, but I got left behind by a cruise ship with my sister and 18 others.
A 4-year-old boy was on a boat when his dad went overboard in a deadly Louisiana crash, officials said. The dad was on the Cane River when he hit a fallen tree, sending him plunging into the water ...
A Type IXC U-boat sunk by Canadian aircraft off St. John's. U-656: 1 March 1942 A Type VIIC U-boat sunk by depth charges off Cape Race. U-1229: 20 August 1944 A Type IXC/40 U-boat that was sunk by Allied aircraft southeast of Newfoundland
The MV George Prince ferry disaster was a nautical disaster that occurred in the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the morning of October 20, 1976 (). [1] The Luling–Destrehan Ferry George Prince was struck by the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta , which was traveling upriver.
In 2023, another mother jumped with her 5-year-old son into the Niagara Gorge, just down river from the falls. That mother died in the fall, but rescuers were able to save the boy.
After eluding officials and rowing the ball about 3.2 kilometers (approx. 2 miles) above the drop of Horseshoe Falls, Lussier began his journey downstream on July 4, 1928, when he was 36 years old. [2] Just before it reached the brink, the largest external stabilizer was ripped out by rocks on the river bottom.