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Twitter Photos of Damage to USS Bonhomme Richard

Twitter Photos of Damage to USS Bonhomme Richard

Twitter photos emerged of the damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard after the fires were finally put out. The interior of the ship reached 1,200 degrees during the fire, which gutted the amphibious assault ship, and excess water from the fire fighting caused it to list. Damage to reached even to the flight deck of the ship.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Gilday told the Navy Timesthat…

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The American Steamer Burnt, & Forc'd into the Tremendous Falls of Niagara

Events in Canada: The 'Caroline' was burnt 29 December, 1837.

Published by G.S. Tregear 96, Cheapside - Lithograph on wove paper

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Aerial photo of distant ship on fire; c. 1940

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The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington, Nathaniel Currier; Hand-colored lithograph 

On January 13, 1840, the steamboat Lexington was traveling on its route from New York to Boston when it caught fire near Long Island Sound. Most of the lifeboats capsized and there were few survivors.

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Duluth, Minnesota; Passenger Steamer SS Noronic under Aerial Lift Bridge leaving Superior Harbor

SS Noronic was launched June 2, 1913 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada.[4] She was built by the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company for the Northern Navigation Company, an operating division of Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), to perform passenger and package freight service on the Great Lakes.

She had five decks, was 362 feet (110 m) in length, and measured 6,095 gross register tons. At maximum capacity, she could hold 600 passengers and 200 crew. One of the largest and most beautiful passenger ships in Canada at the time, she was nicknamed “The Queen of the Lakes."

Destroyed by fire, September 17, 1949 with the loss of at least 118 lives. more

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Excursion Steamer JS Metropolis, Illinois hand colored postcard

The New York Times; Published June 27, 1910: THREE EXCURSIONISTS DEAD; Rest of 1,500 on Steamer JS Metropolis Manage to Get Ashore When She Burns

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In 1887, the steamship City of Montreal was destroyed by fire 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland on her way from New York to Liverpool. The ship was carrying a cargo of 8,000 bales of raw American cotton as well as 94 crew members and 147 passengers.

Shipping the flammable cotton was a dangerous job and the ship was the 73rd with such cargo to catch fire in a five-month period. Miraculously, all passengers and the crew were rescued.

The Inman Line, which operated from 1850 to 1893, was one of the largest British passenger shipping companies in the Atlantic Ocean. By 1870, the company landed more passengers in New York than any other line, most of whom were immigrating to the United States.