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The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Liberty Landing, below the mouth of the Kansas River, apparently in 1875. [1] Alfred Germany: The brig was wrecked on Bonham Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Her crew were rescued. [2] Amberes Spain: The steamship sank at Santander. Aurora United Kingdom: The ship was destroyed by fire at sea.
The St. Louis Fire of 1849 was a devastating fire that occurred on May 17, 1849 and destroyed a significant part of St. Louis, Missouri and many of the steamboats using the Mississippi River and Missouri River. [1] Captain Thomas B. Targee was killed while trying to blast a fire break. [1] Targee Street was named for him.
The steamboat was destroyed by fire on the Mississippi River. [13] Senate: Unknown The schooner was lost on Manasquan Beach near Manasquan, New Jersey. [9] Staulkner United Kingdom: The brig was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. [14] Vermoil United States: The steamboat sank in the Mississippi River at St. Louis ...
British ship of the line HMS Malabar assisted Missouri in fighting the fire and took aboard some 200 of her crew. Sir Robert Wilson, the Governor of Gibraltar, opened the gates of the base to the Missouri survivors in an act of courtesy which was recognised by a resolution of appreciation from Congress. The remnants of the wreck were a hazard ...
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The brig sank in the James River sometime during the American Civil War (1861-1865). [28] Martha Norway: The whaler was crushed by ice and sank off Greenland. Her crew survived. [29] Mary Lou United States: Carrying a cargo of whiskey, the steamer was lost on the Missouri River below Omaha, Nebraska Territory. [27] Monio: Flag unknown
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1885 Ship State Description Aggie United States: The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas. [1] Alaska United States: The schooner was lost in the Bering Sea. [2] Gale United States: The whaler, a barque, was lost in the Bering Sea at Saint Lawrence Island. [3] Labrador United Kingdom
The steamship was destroyed by a boiler explosion at the mouth of the Missouri River with the loss of about 60 lives. [11] Esquimaux United Kingdom: The ship ran aground off Fort Point, Nevis. She was on a voyage from Nevis to London. She was refloated, and resumed her voyage three days later. [12] Gustave: Sweden