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The Wreck of the Atlantic.
This splendid Steamship of the White Star Line, on her voyage from Liverpool and Queenstown to New York, April 1st 1873 bore away for Halifax, being short of Coal, and while under a full head of steam struck upon Golden Rule Rock, near Mars Island, on the coast of Nova Scotia, she heeled over and sunk in less than fifteen minutes afterwards, by which awful disaster 562 Lives were lost. The Atlantic was 437 ft. long, 40 ft. breadth of beam, depth of hold 33 ft. Tonnage 3723. Commanded by Capt. J. A. Williams, and had on board at the time of the disaster 952 Persons.
Location
Museum of the City of New York/New York, NY/USA
Unique Identifier
MNY145939
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5500px × 4296px
Photo Credit
The Museum of the City of New York / Art Resource, NY
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Atlantic (Steamship)
Currier & Ives
Drowning
Lifesaving
Lithograph
print (visual work)
Rescues
SHIPS
SHIPWRECKS
White Star Line