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SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. [1]: 54 The destruction of the G. P. Griffith was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the Eastland in 1915 and the Lady Elgin in 1860.
Comet was first dubbed a "true treasure ship" by shipwreck historian Frederick Stonehouse in 1973. When she sank, her vessel was valued at $45,000 and the cargo at $50,000. [ 5 ] The Sault Evening News of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan announced in 1980 that Comet was the "only known treasure ship on the bottom of the lake" when interviewing Great ...
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 ...
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A fire at a home in Ohio early Wednesday morning resulted in the death of two people and left a third in critical condition, officials say. Authorities received a report around 3 a.m. about two ...
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2023 – Port Newark disaster, cargo ship catches fire in Newark, New Jersey — 2 firefighters killed. 2023 – MV Fremantle Highway caught fire off the coast of the Dutch island of Ameland around 11.45 pm on 25 July 2023 while en route from Bremerhaven, Germany, due to arrive in Egypt's Port Said on 2 August 2023.