The Wreck Of The San Francisco

Author : John Stewart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476632634
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wreck of the San Francisco written by John Stewart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 22, 1853, a new steamship left New York on its maiden voyage. The San Francisco--perhaps the finest ocean-going vessel of its time--had been chartered by the U.S. Government to transport the U.S. Army's Third Artillery Regiment to the Pacific Coast. Two days out, the ship ran into one of the great hurricanes of maritime history. Sails and stacks were blown away, the engine was wrecked and scores of people were washed overboard, as the men frantically worked the pumps to keep afloat. A few days later, cholera broke out. After two weeks adrift, the survivors were rescued by three ships. The nightmare was not over. Two of the vessels, damaged by the storm, were in no position to take on passengers. Provisions ran out. Fighting thirst, starvation, disease and mutiny, survivors barely made it back. Then came the aftermath--accusations, denials, revelations of government ineptitude and negligence, and a cover-up.

Author : W. H. Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incidents of Shipwreck written by W. H. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Globe Pequot Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco written by and published by Globe Pequot Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert C. Belyk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast written by Robert C. Belyk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-08-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating, never-before-documented stories of the worst shipwrecks on the Pacific Coast during the golden age of coastal transportation, 1854 to 1929 In this intriguing chronicle, author Robert Belyk closely examines ten significant maritime disasters that occurred during one of the most turbulent eras in the history of travel. Discover the real-life drama endured by those caught in the terrifying midst of disaster at sea??and the real causes behind the tragedies. Vividly re-created and painstakingly researched, the shipwrecks accounted for here include: 1854: the Yankee Blade runs aground off Point Arguello, California.Twenty-eight passengers lose their lives. 1875: The old side-wheeler Pacific rams another passenger ship off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington. Two hundred and seventy-seven people perish when her rotting hull gives way. 1906: The Valencia strikes a reef off the Washington coastline. Before dozens of dazed onlookers on the shore, the ship goes down, taking 117 passengers and crew with her.

Author : Tamara Taylor-Leigh
Publisher : Beehive Press
ISBN 13 : 9780967853024
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck! written by Tamara Taylor-Leigh and published by Beehive Press. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1852, the S.S. "San Francisco," a two-mast schooner with sidepaddles met a gale-force storm near Cape Hatteras. This volume contain testimonies of some of the survivors and official reports of the losses.

Author : Brian K. Crawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781790783557
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks of Marin written by Brian K. Crawford and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marin County, just north of San Francisco, is a graveyard of ships. Its steep rock-bound shores, treacherous currents and frequent fogs have been the doom of hundreds of ships for over four hundred years. Local historian Brian K. Crawford has done extensive research fleshing out the details of famous wrecks from contemporary accounts, and identifying more than a hundred wrecks not documented elsewhere. Many of these are disasters within San Francisco Bay.Many of these tales are full of danger and heroism, of pathos and high adventure. Terrified passengers cling to overturned steamers or clutch at rocks in the pounding seas. Seamen clamber up cliffs to escape certain destruction. One captain runs two ferries aground and sinks a yacht all in one day. The vessels range from Spanish treasure galleons to garbage scows, clipper ships to floating dry docks.If you love ships and the sea or tales of danger and adventure, or if you just want to know more about the many wrecks that dot our coasts, you will find this book endlessly entertaining.

Author : W H Cooper
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020556180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incidents Of Shipwreck written by W H Cooper and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the tragic story of the shipwreck of the steamship San Francisco, which ran ashore on Anacapa Island in January 1854. The author, a survivor of the wreck, vividly describes the harrowing experience and the heroism of the rescuers. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michael D. White
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625851219
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecks of the California Coast written by Michael D. White and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery graves. Seven U.S. Navy destroyers, bound on a fateful 1923 night from San Francisco to San Diego, crashed into the rocks at Honda Point on the treacherous Santa Barbara County coast, killing 23 sailors in one of the military's worst peacetime losses. Join author Michael D. White as he navigates the shoals of shipping mishaps with both salvage stories and elegies to the departed.

Author : Tamara Taylor-Leigh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967853055
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck! written by Tamara Taylor-Leigh and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: