The steamer was wrecked when she struck a wooden projection of a bridge at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, and sank 500 yards (460 m) below the bridge. A deck hand and a chambermaid were killed.[13]
The barge, under the tow of the tug Eugene F. Moran (United States), capsized, and after her towline was cut she sank off the New York City dumping grounds. The only crewman on the barge was lost, and the only crewman on another barge that Eugene F. Moran was towing also was lost somehow.[6]
The Aquidabã-class battleship sank while anchored off Jacarepaguá, Brazil, after her ammunition magazines exploded. The explosion and sinking killed 212 people. Of her 98 survivors, 36 were injured.
RegulatorThe 508-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire while undergoing an overhaul on the ways at St. Johns, Oregon.[12] One source says that all 20 people on board survived,[12] while another says that two crew members were killed.
The steamer was pushed by wind during a gale into the bluff at Buffalo, Tennessee in the Cumberland River breaking a hole in her side causing her to sink in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[37]
The tow steamer grounded on Burlington Island at low tide. When the tide came back in she listed to port and filled with water. Scheduled to be pumped out.[16]
Three barges, under tow of the tug Dauntless (United States), broke loose when seas broke over the tug in a severe storm 35 miles (56 km) south of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and were lost.[40]
The covered barge was struck at dock at the foot of Twenty First Street, New York City, by the steamerGanoga (United States) after Ganoga's steering jammed in the East River. She was towed by Ganoga to Third Street, where she filled with water.[38]
The steamer sprung a leak and sank after being beached on a sandbar in the Savannah River 18 miles (29 km) west of Savannah, Georgia. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[40]
The launch was damaged in a collision off Florida with Ferry Palm Beach (United States) resulting in a 2+1⁄2-foot (0.76 m) tear in her hull. She was towed to East side Landing where she sank.[40]
The 953-gross register tonschooner barge foundered in heavy seas in a gale off the coast of Maryland 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east-southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship with the loss of all five people on board. The crew of her towsteamer saw four of her crewmen abandon ship in a lifeboat, but they were never seen again.[11][44]
The towsteamer sprang a leak, rolled over on her side, and sank in the Monongahela River at Braddock, Pennsylvania. While the crew was transferring to the bargeTom Lysle was towing, one female crewmember, a chambermaid, was crushed to death between the vessels. The wreck was abandoned.[21]
The passenger steamer struck a snag just above Heather Island and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water. Passengers and crew went to Silver Springs, Florida, in small boats.[40]
The oyster steamer sank at dock over night at New Haven, Connecticut, due to water not being shut off after filling a tank. One crewman sleeping on board died.[59]
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River one-half mile (0.80 km) above Belle Point and sank in three minutes in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Four crewmen killed.[60]
The steamer was damaged/wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California. The tug Ranger (United States) attempted to take her under tow, but was struck by Wasp (United States) and was damaged and had to give up the attempt. Wasp made an unsuccessful attempt at passing a line. The crew abandoned her that evening. She ended up wrecked on the beach.[12][61][62][63][64]
The steamer burned and sank after her starboard boiler exploded at Portland, Ohio. Two crewmen were killed in the explosion. She was refloated.[70][71]
The towboat sank in a collision with J. H. Williams (United States) in the East River off Pier 8 that caused her to careen to the point she filled with water and sank. One crewman was killed. The survivors were rescued by J. H. Williams.[67]
San Francisco earthquake: The Steamer capsized at the Union Iron Works dock while being refit, puncturing her hull and sinking. Raised, repaired and returned to service by January, 1907.[77]
The steamer struck Les Anons, a rock south of Jethou.[83] There were 29 survivors and 10 deaths. The ship was salvaged on 1 August 1906 and returned to service after repairs.[84]
The tow steamer sank at dock at the Nelson & Son Mill in Boggy Creek, Nassau River, Florida when her rail hung up on the guard of a lighter. Later raised.[89]
The ferry was damaged when struck by the lighterGreenwich (United States) in the North River off Desbrosses Street in New York City, punching a hole in her hull. She made it to her Desbrosses Street slip and unloaded her passengers and cargo before sinking.[97]
The coal barge, under tow of the tug Alice (United States), was sunk when she was sucked into the propeller of Langfond (flag unknown) off Twenty-Seventh street, Brooklyn.[97]
When the steamer attempted to pass between the disabled steamer Pennsylvania (United States) and another tow off Portsmouth, Virginia, she struck Pennsylvania and had to be beached.[82]
The trawler was damaged in a collision with Westmoor (United Kingdom) off the "Smalls". Her captain tried to make it to port but she sank 31⁄2 hours later. The crew were rescued by the yacht Lorna (United Kingdom).[107]
The barge, under tow by T. J. Wood (United States), sank as a result of a collision between T. J. Wood and the tug Harry A. Laughlin (United States) at Vesta Mine No. 4 in the Monongahela River.[21]
The barge, under the tow of the tug R. S. Carter (United States), was sunk in a collision with another barge, also under tow, off Pier 24 in the North River. Later towed to the Jersey Flats. It is unclear if still filled or was refloated at the time.[115]
A scow caught fire at the Savannah Wharf in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, setting the steamer on fire. She drifted across the harbor, filled with water, and grounded on the south side of the harbor. Was raised by July, not as damaged as first thought.[116][103]
The steamer was almost cut in two in a collision with Georgia (United States) on Lake Michigan. Her passengers were taken off and she tried to beach, sinking in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water. Raised 5 July, repaired and returned to service.[103][119][120]
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Georgia (United States) at the mouth of White Lake Harbor. She proceeded into the harbor where she sank.[122]
The wrecking steamer sank at dock at Lewes, Delaware. Raised and inspected, Certificate of Inspection revoked for being in unsafe condition due to rotten timbers.[124]
The steamer took a shear off course in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, running her onto shore where a stump holed her hull, sinking her in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Later raised, repaired, sold and converted into an excursion boat.[41][133]
The coal schooner was stranded on Gull Shoals one mile (1.6 km) from the Little Kinnakeet, North Carolina Life Saving Station in smoky weather, a total loss. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[43][139]
The steamer struck the government extension of the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio, and sank. Raised 23 August, repaired and returned to service.[146][147][103]
The motor launch broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors were rescued by the power boat Israella (United States), and auxiliary sloop Fanny E. Moffat (United States).[149]
The motor sloop broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, power boat Violet, and a skiff.[149]
The sloopyacht ran ashore in thick fog and was wrecked in the area of the Jerrys Point, New Hampshire Life Saving Station. The crew reached shore on an air mattress.[151]
Socoa aground off Cadgwith. Plumes of steam from pumps being used to refloat her can be seen. The three-masted full-rigged sailing ship was stranded off Kildonan Point, Lizard Point, in dense fog. She was re-floated after jettisoning 50,000 barrels of cement and beached in Cadgwith Cove. She was later towed round to Falmouth and repaired.[152]
The motor launch broke loose from her moorings at Orleans, Massachusetts, eventually drifting ashore and was wrecked. Her machinery and equipment was salvaged.[151]
The steamer sank in shallow water when struck by the barge Mars, under tow by Frank K. Esherick (United States), in the Pasquotank River. After sinking, her cargo of lime caught fire and she burned to the water level.[82]
Painting Wreckage of the Sirio, by Benedito Calixto. The passenger steamer was wrecked on the Punta Hormigas, a reef off Hormigas Island east of Cape Palos, Cartagena, Spain, with the loss of at least 150 – and perhaps as many as 400 – lives.[156][157][158] The steamer Marie Louise (France) and the merchant shipsJoven Migeul and Vicente Llicano (both flag unknown) were among ships rescuing survivors.
The 650-ton barge foundered in the outer harbor at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, when her seams opened while she was alongside the steamerSan Mateo (United States) to take on cargo. The vessel City (United States) towed the partially sunken barge – with 300 tons of hay and general merchandise aboard – into the inner harbor, where she grounded.[159]
The tug was sunk when struck by the tug Margaret D. (United States) in the Harlem River off One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street causing her to list to the point of filling with water and sinking. Later raised.[165]
The 71-gross register tonscrew steamer sank in Lake Erie 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off West Sister Island after losing the packing from her stuffing box, creating a leak that the pumps could not handle. All five people on board survived. She later was raised.[33][166]
The steamer ran aground on rocks off the breakwater at Pointe Delgarde, St. Michaels, The Azores. Refloated on 21 August and sailed to Lisbon for repairs.[165]
The 197-gross register tonsteambarge caught fire while tied up at a dock at Marine City, Michigan, but was cut loose drifting out into a storm beyond reach of the City Fire Department, a total loss. All eight people on board survived.[33][117][167]
The steamer sprung a leak 20 miles (32 km) north east of Grosse Point, Michigan. The crew abandoned ship after the pumps could not keep up with the leak. She was towed by tugs to Chicago, Illinois where she sank in a slip. Total loss.[169]
The steamer burned to the water's edge at dock at Edgewater Point, Gideon's Bay, Lake Minnetonka. Her captain and mate, only ones aboard, escaped.[167]
On a journey from her home port of Garston with a cargo of coal, the steamer hit the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay in thick fog one mile (1.6 km) from her destination, Newlyn.[175]
The steamer encountered a gale shortly after leaving Cleveland, Ohio. She returned to harbor but suffered a broke steam line resulting in her cutting loose two barges and then being beached. The two barges drifted ashore.[176]
The tug was sunk when struck by Lighter No. 228 that had developed a leak and a list to starboard while being towed by the tug Juniata (United States). When the list got to a steep angle part of her cargo of scrap iron slid overboard causing her to turn to port and hitting America. Her crew were rescued by Juniata.
Recently bought from Gibraltar by French contractor André Boyer, the 108-gross register ton steam tug sank after becoming disabled in strong winds off Cape Salou, Tarragona, Spain. Two men on the launch died.[178][179]
Carrying her captain, six passengers, and a 600-pound (270 kg) deck cargo of two stoves and two gas tanks, the 9-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Tongass Narrows in the Territory of Alaska after a lantern exploded. Two passengers – a six-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl – were trapped by the fire and burned to death. The captain and the other four passengers escaped in a lifeboat.[9][189]
The canal boat, under tow of the tug Robert McAllister (United States), was damaged when she struck a submerged log that went through her bottom in the Columbia Basin causing her to fill and be beached near Clinton Street, Brooklyn.[186]
The steamer struck an obstruction and sprung a leak three and a half miles (5.6 km) west north west of Middle Ground. She sank seven miles (11 km) west north west of Middle Ground Light before she could be beached. Crew left in boats and were rescued by the barge Harold.[191]
The steamer sprung a leak and was beached at Marblehead, Ohio, one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Life Saving Station. Six of her crew removed to shore by the United States Life Saving Service, with seven choosing to remain on board. Refloated on 18 September and towed to Sandusky, Ohio, for repairs where she sank, a total loss. The vessel was raised on 26 June 1907, taken to Detroit where she was dismantled and abandoned in 1908.[191][192][193]
The yacht foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie midway between Stony Point, Michigan, and Point Moullee. Her captain and engineer, the only two people on board, were rescued by Maude (United States).[191]
The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the Yukon River at Eagle Rock in the Yukon Territory, killing six members of the 25-man crew.
The steamer sprung a leak and foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) east of the south end of Kelleys Island. Two or three crewmen went down with the ship after refusing to get in the lifeboat when ordered to.[191][167]
The tow steamer filled and sank when a line to her tow parted causing a severe list in the Mississippi River 35 miles (56 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, sinking in 115 feet (35 m) of water.[123]
The steamer sprung a leak in a severe gale 50 miles (80 km) off Cape Flattery. She was beached in Callam Bay. After removing some cargo she was refloated and taken to Seattle, Washington, for repairs.[160]
The schooner was wrecked in heavy seas and high winds one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Quoddy Head Life Saving Station, a total loss. Her six crewmen survived.[243]
The towsteamer was entering "The Narrows" of the Saco River in New England when she was pushed ashore, causing damage that resulted in beaching and partial sinking.[25]
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register tonbarge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on the beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[134][223]
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo aboard, the 18-gross register tonbarge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on a beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[134][223]
The package freighter struck the submerged breakwater extension at the entrance to the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, holing her hull. The wind and seas worked her over the submerged extension and she sank east of the entrance. Though reported a total loss she was raised 28 November and repaired and returned to service. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[176][261][262]
The schooner parted her anchor chain in a Gale and high seas in the area of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. She drifted ashore 2 miles east of the Station and sank. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[267]
The schooner ran aground three miles (4.8 km) south of the Nauset, Massachusetts Life Saving Station in high winds and surf. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[269]
The 52-gross register tonschooner sank 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) north-northwest of the Cultivator Shoals off the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[72]
The barge was sunk in a collision with Seguin (Canada) in the St. Clair Rapids on the Canadian side of the St. Clair River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[275]
The canal boat, under tow of the tug Geneva (United States), was damaged in a collision with the ferry John Englis (United States) off Grand Street, in the East River, She was towed to the foot of Rivington Street where she sank.[271]
The 149-gross register tonschooner was stranded and broke up at Fletchers Neck on Wood Island in Saco Bay on the coast of Maine after her anchor chains parted in a gale with snow, rain and hail. Her master perished and one of her two crewmen disappeared. Her other crewman washed ashore and was her sole survivor.[278]
The dredge filled and sank in the channel of the Shrewsbury River one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Spermaceti Cove, New Jersey Life Saving Station with only her upper house above water.[277]
The Canadian-owned, British-registered steamer struck a rock a rock off Marvin Island four miles (6.4 km) east of Thunder Cape, Lake Superior and sank, storms later pushed her into deep water off Trowbridge Island. The crew abandoned ship in her boats.[275][280]
The 131-gross register tonsteamcanal boat struck a submerged object in Long Island Sound1⁄2 nautical mile (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west-northwest of the Cornfield Point Lightship and sprang a leak. She was beached on Long Sand Shoal and was abandoned. All five people on boatrd survived.[33][35]
The steamer rolled over on her side and sank from unknown causes in the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania off Twenty-Fifth Street. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[4]
The 154-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Two Bush Reef in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. She floated off and was leaking badly, she rolled over and drifted out to sea. She eventually drifted ashore near the Burnt Island, Maine Life Saving Station. All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[22][292]
The steamer was tied to the bank at Grand Bayou, Louisiana, when out going tide left her grounded, she rolled over and sank. Was scheduled to be raised.[256]
The barque departed from Callao, Peru for Melbourne, Australia on 26 November. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[296]
The steamer was tied to the shore, New Orleans area, and was stranded by dropping water with her stern sunk low in the mud sometime in November. Was expected to be raised.[256]
The 570-gross register tonbarkentine was stranded on Stone Horse Shoal on the coast of Massachusetts, sinking in 16 to 20 feet of water. Wreck removed with Dynamite starting between 21 and 24 January 1907, halted by weather and finishing between 24 March and 1 April 1907. All eight people on board survived.[126][305]
The passenger steamer was grounded across the river from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on flats off Pettys Island where fireboats from Philadelphia extinguished a fire in her holds that had started on 5 December off Absecon Lighthouse. Pumped out on 7 December.[306]
The bow section of SS MonarchThe passenger-package freighter strayed off course and was wrecked when she ran into the palisade area on the north side of Blake Point on Isle Royale in Lake Superior at full speed at night with the loss of one life. All other passengers and crew evacuated safely onto Isle Royale, where they camped for four days until rescued on 10 December 1906. During the night of 11–12 December 1906, the wreck broke into two pieces, leaving only the bow section visible.[309][310][311]
The lighter was damaged in a collision with a float towed by the tug W. H. Flannery (United States) off Pier 6, North River and was abandoned by her crew. After being abandoned she had a slight collision with the tug S. O. Co. No. 14 (United States), she was then towed by W. H. Flannery to the Bedloe Island flats where she sank.[312]
After suffering a fire in her portcoal bunker earlier in the day, the 59-gross register tontowscrew steamer reignited at 8 P.M. and got out of hand and she sank at dock at Mill's Shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, because of a fire in her starboard coal bunker. Her after house and decks was destroyed. All four people on board survived.[9][306]
The sidewheel wrecking steamer caught fire at dock at Rondout, New York, and later sank when her seacocks were open to put out the fire. The vessel was scheduled to be raised in Spring 1907.[35][317]
The sail vessel sank in a collision in the Patapsco River near Seven Foot Knoll, Maryland, with the tug Peerless (United States). The crew were rescued.[51]
The schooner stranded on Jetty Sands four miles (6.4 km) west north west of the Point Adams, Oregon Life Saving Station. Refloated 14 January 1907.[324]
The tug struck a rock and sank off Pie Island in 60 feet (18 m) of water in either January, June or July. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[326]
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