Author: John Stewart
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476632634
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
The Wreck of the San Francisco
Author: John Stewart
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476632634
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476632634
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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.
Incidents of Shipwreck
Author: W. H. Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
On Form of Acknowledgment for Rescue from Death American Citizens in Wreck of Steamship San Francisco.
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Special Committee on San Francisco Disaster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Incidents Of Shipwreck: Or, The Loss Of The San Francisco
Author: W. H. Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781022273887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781022273887
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco
Author:
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
ISBN:
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
ISBN:
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Shipwreck!
Author: Tamara Taylor-Leigh
Publisher: Beehive Press
ISBN: 9780967853024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Beehive Press
ISBN: 9780967853024
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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.
Shipwrecks of Marin
Author: Brian K. Crawford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781790783557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781790783557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
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.
The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco: the Loss of the Steamship During the Great Atlantic Hurricane of December 1853; Being an Account of the Wreck in Mid-ocean of the New Steamship Compiled from Contemporary Sources
Author: Edouard A. Stackpole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
The Wreck of the Steamer San Francisco
Author: Clement Cleveland Sawtell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctica
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description