The schooner was wrecked on Murder Island near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, heavily damaged. Crew saved after spending two days in a hut on the island.[5]
The barge, under the tow of Harold (United States) lost her tow line in high wind and heavy seas causing her to fill and sink in Long Island Sound. Her captain drowned.[8]
The fishing schooner left Saint Pierre Island on 16 January and vanished, probably lost in a gale and snowstorm that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger.[12][13][14]
The schooner left Saint Pierre and Miquelon on 16 January and vanished. Probably sank in a snowstorm and gale that night. Lost with all seven hands and one passenger.[15]
The passenger-cargo schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, Australia, after colliding with the steamer Adelaide (United Kingdom). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (flag unknown) rescued three others.
After the 564.62-ton, 133.4-foot (40.7 m) bark – carrying 97 passengers, 19 crewmen, and a cargo of 500 tons of cannery supplies and merchandise – grounded in bad weather on a sandbar 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska, was refloated, and began flooding, she sailed 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) in a sinking condition and was beached on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. Everyone on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[27]
The steam barge blew up and sank partially submerged in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in the Chicago River at the foot of Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois after a crewman with a lantern accidentally ignited fumes from her cargo of naptha and benzine. She was raised the next day, but suffered another explosion of her cargo and sank again. Raised later, repairs completed and returned to service in September. At least 25 killed, 3 or 4 crew and the rest were stevedores unloading cargo.[39][40]
The steamer capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. 98 died including the captain's wife and son. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service.[41][42][43]
The barque was run down and sunk by British steamer Ching Wo in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931.[49][50]
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at New Glasgow, Canada with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58]
The steamerDartmoor, of the Ipswich Steamship Company was transporting a cargo of burnt ore, bagged flour & malt from Ipswich to Newcastle, when she collided in calm conditions with another steamer, the Cobden from Middlesbrough. Whilst the Cobden suffered damage, the Dartmoor foundered and was lost 6 miles ESE of Flamborough Head, in calm conditions. She had nine crew and one passenger. [60]
The barque parted her tow by the steam tugAustralia (flag unknown) off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England, and was driven ashore near Bude breakwater. Her crew of eight was saved by the rocket lifesaving crew.[68][69]
The Swedish barque was under tow when the line parted and she foundered on Carmel Point on the Isle of Anglesey. The crew was saved, but the vessel was lost.[75]
The cargo steamship lost power, drifted onto rocks 4 miles west of Hartland Point, Devon and became a wreck; eight of her 28 crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with coal.[77][78]
The passenger-cargo ship sailed from Baltimore, Maryland and passed Cape Henry on 26 November for Liverpool, with general cargo and cattle, and was posted missing.[81] The official inquiry concluded that Thanemore was the ship seen burning on 1 December by the steamer Lero, 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from the American coast.[82][83]
The schooner was dismasted in a gale on Banquereau and became waterlogged. As the crew prepared to abandon ship on the 17th or 18th they were rescued by Elbrug (German Empire).[85]
The steamer ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, England. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service.[91]
The barque disappeared during a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, after being spoken to near the equator on 16 March. She was due in Wellington in May.
The refrigeratedfull-rigged ship disappeared after being sighted off the coast of New Zealand on 13 January while on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to London. Possibly subsequently wrecked on the coast of Chile with the loss of all on board.
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