1888 shipwreck found in San Francisco Bay

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Mercury News

By JASON DEAREN

The first images of the newly discovered wreckage of a steamship that sank in San Francisco Bay in 1888, killing 16 people, were released Wednesday by federal ocean scientists.

The iron and wood steamship City of Chester went down on Aug. 22, 1888, after it was struck in dense fog by a larger ship.

The collision came soon after family members bid their loved ones safe passage and the Chester departed with 106 passengers for Eureka, Calif., and Portland, Ore.

Moments later, it was split in two by the Oceanic, a ship more than twice its size, killing 13 passengers, including two children, and three crew members.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_25621917/scientists-locate-1888-shipwreck-san-francisco-bay

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[jberryhill]

1. And I thought the Malaysian airliner search was taking a while

[Archae]

2. A shipwreck was found in Sheboygan...

I walked through it before the historical group put it in display, when it wans't known what ship it was.

http://www.baillod.com/shipwreck/projects/sheboygan/l_cooper.htm

[NBachers]

3. Fascinating- I was just walking along the Golden Gate last week and reading accounts of shipwrecks

The National Park Service maintains trails and posts information plaques along the length of the trail. There's a lot of history in those waters.

Thank you, National Park Service!


The republicans will disembowel you and feed you to their blood-feast pig masters if they get their way.

[olddad56]

6. coincidentally, so were my son and I.

San Francisco was beautiful last week. We were walking between the Sutro Baths and the Palace of the Legion of Honor. At some point, I think near the USS San Francisco Memorial, we were reading about these two ships.

[FreedRadical]

4. I love it.

Steamship found and oh yeah, we hate republicans.

Not long ago hear on DU, I was told I was not a nice person because of a post about a woman in Florida being mauled by a bear. Just because my first question was, "is she a republican"?

[mackerel]

5. There was also some anti-Chinese sentiment at the time.

"The papers initially reacted, talking about the tragedy and accusations that the Chinese crew stood by and let people drown," Delgado said. "But what happens is you start to see things also come out ... countering that. Some leapt in water to save a drowning child."

[JoePhilly]

7. CNN just did a breaking news alert on it.