List of shipwrecks in 1894
The list of shipwrecks in 1894 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1894.
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According to the American newspapers of 1894, the winter and spring storms of December 1893 to April 1894 proved to be one of the most disastrous for the United States, particularly the Cape Cod area, since 1860.[1] The eastern seaboard of the continent had already faced a fierce hurricane season in 1893 when over 2,000 people died.
January
[edit]4 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. L. Mason |  United States | During a voyage from St. Louis, Missouri, to New Orleans, Louisiana, the steamboat struck a hidden obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River off Delta, Mississippi. She was declared a total loss.[2] |
| Diamond | The schooner was lost off Cossack Creek, Western Australia.[3] |
12 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henrietta | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a heavy gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 14 crew.[4][5] |
| Minnie M. | United States | The steamer stranded at the mouth of the Nooksack River in a gale, a total loss.[6] |
| Robert J. Edwards | United States | The fishing schooner was wrecked on Sable Island in a gale. Lost with all 10 crew.[7][8][9] |
14 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cascade | United States | The steamer sprung a leak in a storm and was beached to prevent sinking.[6] |
| Myra | United States | The launch broke loose from her moorings during a flood in the Skokomish River. She filled and sank.[6] |
16 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Fred | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at 8 Mile in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. Raised the same day.[10] |
17 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Else |  Denmark | The barque capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Castle Rock ( United Kingdom). Else was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Hamburg, Germany.[11] |
| Howard | United States | The steamer caught fire at the Wallabout Dock in Brooklyn and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[6] |
18 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Wood | United States | The schooner was wrecked near Kodiak, District of Alaska.[12] |
| Susan L. Hodge | United States | The schooner was dismasted on 13 January in the gale of 12/13 January. On 18 January a can of kerosene caught fire and the vessel was burning rapidly, but it caught the attention of LeBretagne ( France) who rescued them just in time, as all of her boats had washed overboard in the gale.[13] |
20 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Stamwood | United States | The steamer caught fire at Howards Point and was beached and she burned out a total loss.[6] |
| Midget | United States | The steamer, laid up for the Winter, was sunk by ice in six feet (1.8 m) of water at dock at Sabula, Iowa. Raised and repaired.[10] |
22 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Osborn | United States | The tug sank over night at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts. Later raised.[14] |
23 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harlan | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire while at anchor at Bluefields, Nicaragua.[15] |
24 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Clyde | United States | The passenger steamer burned to the waterline and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water while lying over night at Spottsville, Kentucky.[10] |
| Montana | United States | The tug was wrecked on Bakers Island in Massachusetts Bay in thick weather and heavy seas, a total loss.[14] |
28 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Camusi | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Palatka, Florida, a total loss.[16] |
| Wm. Towle | United States | The steamer sank in the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama due to a burst pipe. Later raised.[10] |
29 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | United States | The schooner was wrecked in a snowstorm at Pebbly Beach Cove. The crew survived.[17] |
| Gertie E. Foster | United States | The schooner was at Strawberry Point near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. 5 crew drowned, her Captain and 6 crewmen survived.[18] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Afon Cefni | United Kingdom | The four-masted barque was last seen off Lundy, UK on 5 January while on voyage from Swansea to San Francisco. From 20 January to 5 February, wreckage from the ship washed up on the Cornish and Sussex coasts.[19][20] |
| Firth of Cromarty | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship grounded in St Margaret's Bay with the loss of two lives.[21][22] |
| Flash | United States | The fishing schooner sailed for Newfoundland on 12 January and vanished, there was a heavy gale later that day. All six crew were killed.[23] |
February
[edit]1 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bessie Siler | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana. Later raised.[15] |
2 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Kearsarge | United States Navy | The Mohican-class sloop-of-war ran aground at Roncador Cay, Colombia, and was wrecked. |
6 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brunhilde | United States | The schooner was dismasted on 30 January. The crew was taken off on 6 February by schooner Laura and she was scuttled by burning.[24] |
| Eureka | United States | The ferry sprung a leak and sank while lying over night at Golconda, Illinois. Raised and repaired.[10] |
11 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Bailey | United States | The steamer grounded at the Mouth of the Skagit River and was submerged by the rising tide.[6] |
12 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | United States | The schooner was on the Ramea Islands, Newfoundland. After the crew was rescued she floated off, probably sank in a gale later.[25] |
| Fortuna | United States | The schooner was wrecked one-quarter mile (0.40 km) off Race Point in the gale. Two crew drowned.[26] |
| Huntcliff | United Kingdom | The tramp steamer was beached at Blackpool, Lancashire. All crew safe. She was refloated on 23 February. |
| Maurice & Marguerite |  Belgium | The schooner foundered on a voyage between Antwerp and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[27] |
14 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Col. J. H. French | United States | The schooner sprung a leak in the gale of 12 February. The crew were rescued on 14 February by Gertie E. Foster ( United States).[28] |
| Maggie E. Wells | United States | The schooner was heavily damaged by huge waves in a severe gale while at anchor on the Quero Banks on 12 February. She drifted off in the storm. On 13 February the tanker Amsterdam ( Netherlands) attempted to rescue her crew but lost a lifeboat and six crew and gave up the attempt. On 14 February Maggie E. Wells' crew was taken off by the schooner Magnolia ( United States) and she was scuttled by burning about 40 miles (64 km) south east of Sable Island, Nova Scotia.[29][30] |
| Porter S. Roberts | United States | The waterlogged and dismasted schooner was scuttled by burning about 40 miles (64 km) south of Sable Island, Nova Scotia by Pavonia.[30][31] |
15 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roberts Island | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at China Ferry in the Sacramento River.[32] |
16 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward P. Boynton | United States | The schooner was wrecked at St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.[33] |
| Ida | United States | The steamer burned and sank at dock at the People's Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland.[16] |
17 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | United States | The steamer struck a stump and sank at Cottonwood Point, Missouri, 120 miles (190 km) above Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[10] |
| Truro | United States | The tug got hung up under her dock at South Street on the Delaware side opposite Philadelphia on a rising tide, filled and sank. Raised the next day.[16] |
19 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mattie Lee | United States | The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Miama, Missouri in the Missouri River, a total loss.[34] |
23 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Uhl | United States | The steamer sprang a leak and sank overnight at Sistersville, West Virginia. Broken up.[35] |
24 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aarhus |  Germany | The barque sank off Cape Moreton, Australia. |
| Bella Israel | United States | The ferry was struck by a log and sank at dock at Donaldsonville, Louisiana. A total loss except for her machinery and boiler that were salvaged.[15] |
26 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commodore Duryea | United States | The steamer caught fire and was beached to extinguish the fire.[6] |
| Detmar | Germany | The schooner was stranded and wrecked near Terschelling, the Netherlands. The crew members were rescued by local fishermen. |
28 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maude | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Tennessee River at Guntersville, Alabama. Later raised.[10] |
March
[edit]2 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blanche | United States | The schooner was carried ashore by an ice flow at Port au Bras, Newfoundland, the ice took her back off the beach and then put her back on it. Wreck later sold.[36] |
4 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary E. Bennett | United States | The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Sioux City, Iowa in the Missouri River. Raised and repaired.[34] |
5 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Snohomish | United States | The steamer grounded on Beans Point, a total loss.[6] |
7 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Undaunted | United States | The 68.18-gross register ton, 61-foot (19 m) sealing schooner was crushed by ice at Kayak Island on the coast of the District of Alaska at a position described in the wreck report as "60 08 12 N south end of Kayak Island Cove ESE." The entire crew of 15 escaped onto an ice floe and survived on it for 28 days before setting off in a small boat built from Undaunted's wreckage and making it to Port Etches in Prince William Sound, where the steamer Kodiak ( United States) rescued them on 4 April.[37] |
8 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Claribell | United States | The steamer struck a log and sank at the Mouth of Eighteen Mile Creek in the Great Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
11 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Addie | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank near Austin Springs, Louisiana in Bayou D'Arbonne. A total loss.[15] |
13 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| De Ruyter | Belgium | Passed Lizard Point bound for Boston, United States. No further trace.[38] |
| Edith | United States | The steamer caught fire on Lake Erie near Mouse Island, Ohio. She ran aground and burned, a total loss.[39] |
15 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mabel R. Woolford | United States | The schooner was run down and sunk by Lake Ontario. The crew were rescued by Lake Ontario.[40] |
16 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice N. | United States | The schooner sank 1,000 yards (910 m) east of Pensacola Bay, Florida beacon.[41] |
17 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice N. | United States | The schooner (different vessel than above) was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[41] |
| Samson | United States | The steamer was sunk by an obstruction in six feet (1.8 m) of water in the Mississippi River near West Newton, Minnesota. Raised and repaired.[10] |
21 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Machichaco |  Spain | Divers were working to salvage cargo from the wreck of the ship, which had exploded and sunk in the harbour of Santander, Spain in November 1893. 11 tonnes of dynamite in the flooded after hold of the wreck exploded, killing 18 people and injuring seven.[42] |
22 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenravil Miner | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Overton, Glamorgan. Her three crew were rescued.[43] |
| Jacob Sinex | United States | The tug was caught under a dock on a rising tide while laid up for the night causing her to fill and sink.[6] |
| Orient | United States | The steamer struck a snag in the Cowlitz River and sank.[6] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alton S. Marshall | United States | The schooner was dismasted in a heavy gale on 26 March. The crew were taken off on 28 March by Mohawk.[44] |
| Ambrose H. Knight | United States | The fishing schooner was left the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts for Iceland and vanished. Lost with all 16 crew.[45][46] |
April
[edit]1 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sunbeam | United States | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in New Orleans. A total loss.[15] |
3 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William H. Barnum | United States | The steamer sank in ice and heavy weather in Lake Michigan in 70 feet (21 m) of water 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) south south east of Mackinac a 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) offshore (45°44′N 84°37′W / 45.733°N 84.617°W). Her crew rescued by the tug Crusader ( United States).[47][48][49] |
4 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | United States | The steamer sank in ice and heavy weather in Straits of Mackinac four miles (6.4 km) east of McGulpin Point (45°48′N 84°43′W / 45.800°N 84.717°W) in 125 feet (38 m) of water.[47][50][51] |
7 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. L. Merritt | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with the tug W. E. Gladwish ( United States) near Elizabethport, New Jersey when the tug lost steerage in wind.[6] |
11 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | United States | The steamer burned at Avenue Landing, Tennessee, 140 miles (230 km) above Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[10] |
| Majestic | United States | The steamer was heading into Cohansey Creek, New Jersey at 1 AM and ran aground. Refloated by a dredge on 14 April.[16] |
| Startle | United States | The steamer was heading into Cohansey Creek, New Jersey at 1 AM and ran aground. Refloated by a dredge on 14 April.[16] |
12 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S A Rudolph | United States | Three-masted schooner loaded with ice blocks bound for Ocean City, Maryland from Boothbay, Maine. Captained by John P Burns of Camden, New Jersey. The ship was caught in a sudden gale on the night of 12 April and foundered on the shoals of Cape Cod. The fractured hull of the ship washed up north of Nauset Beach.[52] All six crew members perished including Captain Burns and his brothers on board the vessel. |
| Jennie M Carter | United States | The three-masted schooner carrying paving stones bound for New York Bay. The ship was first damaged on 10 April 1894, ship owner and captain Wesley T Ober decided that he could pilot the crippled ship and dock safely, denying aid. However, they were overtaken by the storm of 12 April. The survivors attempted to abandon the schooner in a lifeboat but did not reach land. The ship, meanwhile, had been driven by the storm onto Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.[53] By 15 April, the crew was declared deceased after thorough searching. It is thought that the crew may have survived had they kept to the interior of the ship with the cargo. Three bodies and an overcoat belonging to the first mate were recovered; the lifeboat was recovered near Plum Island. Folklore dictates that the ship's cat was the only survivor. The story of the shipwrecks from 12 April and the previous weeks sparked national interest and thousands gathered to see the wreck of Jennie M Carter.[54] The paving stones were removed and sold at auction; some were used in Salisbury. The ship remains were considered unsalvageable and left to disintegrate on the beach where it became a well-known site. Some of the wooden frame could still be seen in 2013. |
14 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unger | United States | The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
16 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington | United States | The steamer burned and sank in the Detroit River below Sandwich Point.[35] |
21 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isolene | United States | The yacht burned and sank after being struck by lightning at Northport, New York.[6][56] |
22 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | United States | With 70 passengers and crew aboard, the steamer was struck a rock or reef in the Pacific Ocean off Point Sur on the coast of California, she drifted off and sank in 54 feet (16 m) of water. with the loss of about six lives. Some of her survivors reached shore, while others were rescued at sea by the steamer Eureka (flag unknown).[57][58][59][32] |
24 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frances Biedler | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Punta Gorda, Florida.[15] |
27 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| I. T. Rhea | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 5+1⁄2 feet (1.7 m) of water at Butler's Landing in the Cumberland River. Later raised.[10] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont | United States | The barkentine was wrecked sometime in April in an unknown location.[60] |
| Martha and Susan | United States | The fishing schooner probably sank in a gale on the Georges Bank after communicating with another vessel earlier in the storm. Lost with all 13 hands.[61][62][63] |
| Mascot | United States | The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
| Matthew Turner | United States | The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
May
[edit]1 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Duke | United States | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with a barge towed by Alice Brown ( United States) in the Mississippi River 15 miles (24 km) above Cairo, Illinois, a total loss of both steamer and barge.[34] |
3 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen | United States | The 27.82-ton, 45.6-foot (13.9 m) schooner lost her rudder, sprang a leak, and ran aground on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska near Yakutat Bay and Mount Saint Elias. Her crew of 14 survived. She later was salvaged.[64] |
5 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Garland | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Beulah, Louisiana in the Red River. A total loss.[65] |
| General Lincoln | United States | The steamer struck a rock off Thompson Island and was beached to prevent sinking.[14] |
6 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| American Union | United States |  |
7 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May Libbie | United States | The steamer was holed by a raft of timber she was towing alongside wearing a hole through her side. She was beached on Beaver Island and settled in nine feet (2.7 m) of water in the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa. Raised and repaired.[10] |
10 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene | United States | The tow steamer capsized and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water in a heavy wind storm near Mount Vernon, Indiana.[10] |
11 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Logan | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank six miles (9.7 km) above the mouth of the Salt River. She was raised and beached on the Indiana side of the Ohio River opposite the mouth of the Salt River, but was a total loss.[10] |
| James Allen | United States | The 330-ton, 116.7-foot (35.6 m) whaling bark was wrecked on a rock in Seguam Pass on the east end of Amlia in the Aleutian Islands. One man stayed aboard James Allen and was lost. The rest of the crew abandoned ship in four lifeboats. One lifeboat carrying 15 crew members disappeared with the loss of all on board. Another, with eight men aboard, reached Atka Island, where the steamer Dora ( United States) picked up its occupants a week later. The other two lifeboats capsized with the loss of 10 men, but their survivors reached Umnak Island, where six more men died over the next two weeks. James Allen's captain and five crewman then made a one-week voyage to Unalaska on Unalaska Island in a small boat, after which the captain returned to Unmnak Island aboard the revenue cutter USRC Bear (.png){kind=small} United States Revenue-Marine) two days later to rescue the nine survivors left behind there.[68] |
13 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Theodorus |  Russia | The barque went aground on the Colorados Reefs, Cuba during a voyage from Pensacola, Florida for Lübeck, Germany with timber, and was abandoned. She was refloated by salvors and taken to Havana where condemned.[69][70] (She was previously wrecked as the steamship Tiber in May 1871, but subsequently rebuilt.) |
20 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New York | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at Mill's shipyard, Camden, New Jersey while laid up at night.[16] |
| Pacific | United States | The steamer sank at dock in the Portage Lake Ship Canal when she was struck by Henry B. Richards ( United States). Raised and repaired.[71] |
22 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen of the Bay | United Kingdom | The excursion steamer was destroyed by fire while laid up in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.[72] She was later sold for scrapping.[73] |
25 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isere | United States | The steamer sheared out of line and struck the rocky shore of the Kentucky River just below McCowan's Ferry and sank, a total loss.[10] |
31 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Bailey | United States | The steamer was snagged and sunk in Freshwater Slough in the Skagit River.[6] |
June
[edit]1 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. F. Kappalla | United States | The tug was run down and sunk by the schooner she was towing, Three Sisters ( United States), in the East River off New York City, sinking in 60 feet (18 m) of water.[6] |
2 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. Hoole | United States | The tug was run down and sunk by the steamer Manor (a foreign vessel, flag unidentified) in the North River off New York City. Her engineer drowned.[6] |
| J. H. Woodson | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank at Perrins Landing, Arkansas in the White River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
| Latrona | United States | The pleasure steamer struck an obstruction and capsized in the Wabash River. One female passenger died.[10] |
3 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harvest Queen | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank at the Cascade Falls in the Columbia River. Later raised.[6] |
| Maria | United States | The steamer came in contact with a submerged piling and sank at dock at Portland, Oregon.[6] |
6 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bessie Siler | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana in Bayou Teche. Later raised.[65] |
| Rambler | United States | The steamer was sunk when her boiler exploded at dock in New Haven, Connecticut, later raised. One crewman killed.[16] |
11 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 87S |  Regia Marina | The torpedo boat sank in La Spezia Bay off La Spezia, Italy, after colliding with the training ship Terribile ( Regia Marina). She was refloated the next day.[74] |
13 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Verona | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank two miles (3.2 km) below Obion, Tennessee in the Obion River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
16 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nina | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Lyons, Iowa.[10] |
18 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary J. Wells | United States | The schooner caught fire and was beached/wrecked at Whitehead, Nova Scotia. The crew were saved.[75] |
| Plymouth | United States | The steamer struck Spindle Rock on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay. Refloated on 24 June and taken to New York for repairs.[14] |
19 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Madison | United States | The steamer struck a stone dike at Madison, Indiana and sank in shallow water in the Ohio River, a total loss. Wreck removed by the snagboat E. A. Woodruff ( United States).[10][76] |
21 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James McFadden | United States | The steamer sprang a leak while lying off Ship John Shoal Light in Delaware Bay and sank.[16] |
23 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Sheffield | United States | The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water in the Grand Chain in the Ohio River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
24 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen M. | United States | The pleasure launch foundered in Lake St. Clair in a severe squall. The owner and two young women died.[35] |
| James D. Nicol | United States | The tug sank on the New York fishing banks. 35 died.[6] |
25 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Essen | United States | The lighter was sunk in a collision on the Cuyahoga River with Northwest ( United States). Later raised.[39] |
July
[edit]1 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aztec | United States | The yacht was struck by Sam Sloan ( United States) in Hell Gate in the East River and was beached to prevent sinking.[6] |
| Bell | United States | The steamer was struck by a Tornado and sunk at Caruthersville, Missouri. Raised and repaired.[10] |
5 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton | United States | The launch caught fire and was beached on Governor's Island.[6] |
| Valkyrie II | United Kingdom | Collided with the yacht Santanita ( United Kingdom) and sank. |
8 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. Murchison | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire two miles (3.2 km) below Wilmington, North Carolina.[16] |
| George Hays | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Raspberry Island near St. Paul, Minnesota. Later raised.[77] |
10 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The 13.2-ton, 34.5-foot (10.5 m) schooner-rigged vessel broke loose from her moorings and was washed ashore at Anchor Point, District of Alaska. Her crew of three survived, but she became a total loss.[78] |
| Geo. W. Jones | United States | The lighter caught fire in Boston Harbor and was destroyed.[14] |
| Glendon | United States | The lighter was destroyed by fire in Boston Harbor when her tow, Geo. W. Jones ( United States), caught fire and was destroyed, a total loss .[14] |
17 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cepheus | United States | The steamer was damaged in a collision with Cetus ( United States) in thick fog off Nortons Point Light, Coney Island and was beached, but sank.[14] |
18 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Old Hickory No. 2 | United States | The sawmill boat sprang a leak and sank near West Point, Kentucky in the Ohio River, a total loss.[10] |
19 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G. B. Monteith | United States | The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Ohio River above Owensboro, Kentucky near Little Island. Raised and repaired.[10] |
| Hotspur | United States | The tow steamer struck a ledge of rock and sprung a leak just below the Louisville and Portland Canal and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in the Ohio River. Raised 23 July and taken to Louisville for repair.[10] |
| Lorna | United States | The yacht was damaged in a collision with fishing steamer Nat Strong ( United States) off Green Point, Brooklyn, stoving in her bow and causing her to sink of Sands Point, New York.[14] |
20 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Rule | United States | The brig was sunk in a collision with Chattahoochee ( United States) in dense fog off the Nantucket South Shoal, a total loss.[14] |
23 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Favorite | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at her dock at the foot of Railroad Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.[14] |
24 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Winona | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water in the Mississippi River at Chimney Rock Bend. Raised and repaired.[10] |
25 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kowshing | United Kingdom |  France), from Le Petit Journal, August 1894. Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, with the loss of around 800 lives. |
| Kwang-yi |  Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Pungdo: The gunboat ran aground on rocks in the Yellow Sea off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers and was destroyed when her ammunition magazine exploded. |
26 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. E. Stevens | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Mayport, Florida.[34] |
| Shamokin | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision in thick fog with H. M. Whitney ( United States) near Pollock Rip Shoal. Crew rescued by H. M. Whitney.[14] |
28 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castor | Netherlands | The passenger ship was in collision with the barque Ernst ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south south west of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All 28 people on board were rescued.[79] |
29 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glad Tidings | United States | The schooner sank almost instantly with the loss of her entire crew of four when she collided with the whaleback steamer Pathfinder (flag unknown) in the Detroit River near Ecorse, Michigan.[80] |
| Unidentified schooner | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Pathfinder ( United States) in the Detroit River.[35] |
30 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nicosia |  Canada | The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the south coast of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Saint John, New Brunswick.[81] |
31 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin J. Wood | United States | The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in shallow water between Evansville, Indiana and Spottsville, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[10] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tarapaca |  Chile | The cargo ship was wrecked on the Chilean coast.[82] |
August
[edit]1 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grenadier | United Kingdom | Collided with steamer August Korff in fog during early morning hours and sank within half an hour.[83] |
| Menomonie | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Sturgeon Bend 14 miles (23 km) below Prescott, Wisconsin. Later raised.[77] |
2 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline in the Columbia River four miles (6.4 km) into Canada.[6] |
3 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | United States | The canal boat was destroyed by fire in the Oswego Canal.[15] |
4 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Lang | United States | The launch was damaged in a collision with the schooner Douglas L. Hayner ( United States) near Execution Lighthouse, New York in the East River and was beached. The captain's wife died.[14] |
| Marie | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Orton's Wharf on the Cape Fear River 15 miles (24 km) below Wilmington, North Carolina.[16] |
| Reindeer | United States | The 357.49-gross register ton, 119.7-foot (36.5 m) bark was forced ashore by wind and ice and wrecked without loss of life at Return Reef off Midway Island (70°27′N 148°47′W / 70.450°N 148.783°W) off the Beaufort Sea coast of the District of Alaska.[84] |
5 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reindeer | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water in Coon Slough. Raised and repaired.[10] |
6 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery | United States | The pleasure steamer was struck and sunk by the ferry George H. Power ( United States) due to a steering failure near the lighthouse between Hudson and Athens, New York.[14] |
7 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Superior 20 miles (32 km) off Ontonagon, Michigan due to an exploding lamp in the engine room. Her crew abandoned ship in her boats before midnight and were rescued by George Spencer ( United States) in the morning.[85][86] |
| William H. Foye | United States | The schooner wrecked in the Magdalen Islands by mistaking Entry Island Light for Gow Head Light. Crew saved.[87] |
8 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| O. J. True | United States | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with tow steamer John E. Monk ( United States) in Sandusky Bay.[15] |
| Park Bluff | United States | The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. Raised and repaired.[34] |
9 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. Smith | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline while lying at Waterloo, Alabama in the Tennessee River.[10] |
10 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. K. Graves | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in the upper rapids of the Mississippi River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
| Peek-a-boo | United States | The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock in New Baltimore, New York.[14] |
12 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Albert | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak over night and sank at Tell City, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[10] |
| Richmond | United States | The steamer sank in a collision with Puritan ( United States) in the St. Joseph River.[47] |
20 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Two Brothers | United States | During a voyage in the Aleutian Islands from Unalaska to Atka with a cargo of 10 tons of ship's stores, the 10.27-ton 36.3-foot (11.1 m) schooner was wrecked on the southeast side of Constantine Bay (53°57′N 166°25′W / 53.950°N 166.417°W) on Unalaska Island during a gale. Her entire crew of five survived.[88] |
| Verne Swain | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water in the Mississippi River between Albany, Illinois and Camanche, Iowa. Immediately raised and repaired.[10] |
22 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. K. Bedford | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction at Moscow, Ohio and sank. Raised and repaired.[10] |
23 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen | United States | The steamer stranded on Gordon Point, Cormorant Island, British Columbia in dense fog. Refloated on 26 August and steamed to Alert Bay where she was beached for repairs. Refloated on 30 August.[6] |
24 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Portsmouth | United States | The steamer struck the Aqua Vitae Ledge in Salem Harbor. Before she could be refloated she caught fire and was destroyed.[14] |
| O. W. Cheney | United States | The tug was sunk at dock at Sault St. Marie at the entrance to the Soo Canal when she was struck by Fayette Brown ( United States).[85][89][90] |
26 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Castle | United States | The tow steamer was sunk at dock in the Cuyahoga River when struck by steamer Pasadena ( United States) in Sandusky Bay.[15] |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[91] |
27 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geo. Law | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Bridgeton, New Jersey.[16] |
29 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Spurlock | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Rome, Ohio.[10] |
30 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Miller | United States | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[65] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hibernia | The steamer sank with the loss of two crew members after colliding with the paddle steamer Prince of Wales ( Isle of Man). Prince of Wales rescued one survivor. |
September
[edit]3 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida | United States | The motor schooner was sunk in a collision with Capt. Weber ( United States) near Pittsburg, California in the San Joaquin River.[32] |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The pleasure yacht capsized in Morecambe Bay off northwestern England with the loss of 25 lives. |
7 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John A. Woods | United States | The steamer caught fire at dock during the night at Pittsburgh. She was scuttled to extinguish the fire. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[35] |
| Margery | United States | The lighter struck Londoner (flag unknown) off Cape Ann and became a total loss.[14] |
8 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Durant | United States | The steamer sank while lying at Bridesburg, Pennsylvania. Raised and taken to a marine railway at Dorchester, New Jersey.[16] |
| Orient | United States | The steamer burned in the Cowlitz River at Catlin, Washington, a total loss.[6] |
9 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colonist | United Kingdom | The coastal cargo steamer was wrecked on the Oyster Bank off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Lynn J. | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank 16 miles (26 km) from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Later raised.[65] |
10 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Wave | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Sulphur Springs, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[10] |
11 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roy | United States | The freighter sank from neglect in the Arkansas River at Point Remove Creek two miles (3.2 km) above Lewisburg, a total loss.[10] |
12 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George Hurst | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with the tug Carroll Boys ( United States) off The Battery.[14] |
| J. Putnam Bradlee | United States | The steamer struck a rock and filled with water in the Weir River.[14] |
13 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yosemite | United States | The fire boat sprung a leak and sank in Lake Michigan in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water.[35] |
16 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Wing | United States | The passenger steamer sank in the Mississippi River at Craighead Point opposite Fort Pillow, 60 miles (97 km) above Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[10][92] |
17 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chaoyong | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The cruiser was beached and abandoned after suffering heavy damage in combat with the protected cruisers Akitsushima, Naniwa, Takachiho, and Yoshino (all Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River. The Japanese destroyed her wreck with explosive charges the next day. |
| Golden Gate | United States | The steamer, while lying ashore at Longport, New Jersey, careened, caught fire and was destroyed.[16] |
| Jingyuan | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The armored cruiser exploded, capsized, and sank in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River with the loss of 263 lives during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships. Seven of her crew survived. |
| Kwan Chia | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The dispatch vessel was badly damaged during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River and was beached near Port Arthur, becoming a total loss. |
| Yangwei | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The cruiser suffered heavy damage in combat with the protected cruisers Akitsushima, Naniwa, Takachiho, and Yoshino (all Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River, then sank after colliding with the armored cruiser Jingyuan ( Imperial Chinese Navy). |
| Zhiyuan | Imperial Chinese Navy | First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The protected cruiser exploded and sank in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River with the loss of 245 lives during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships. Seven of her crew survived. |
18 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George N Wilcox | Germany | The barque was wrecked near Ilio Point, Molokai, Hawaii after being caught by strong currents. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom to Honolulu with coal, liquor and general cargo.[93] |
| John B. McMahon | United States | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the ferry Maryland ( United States) that also struck the tug Wm. C. Nicol ( United States) which was towing John B. McMahon off Pier 5 in the East River.[14] |
22 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comet | United States | The steamer burned at Covington, Kentucky while undergoing repairs when a lamp was overturned, a total loss.[10]< |
| James Pickands | United States | The steamer stranded on Eagle River Reef, or Sawtooth Reef, in dense smoke and fog off Keweenaw Point in Lake Superior. She broke in two during a storm on 25 September, a total loss.[85][94] |
23 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belmont | United States | The steamer while lying at Cramer Hill, Camden, New Jersey caught fire and burned to the waterline.[16] |
| Willamette Chief | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Portland, Oregon when set afire by a burning unknown barge, a total loss.[6] |
25 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clara Brown | United States | The steamer was damaged by a boom in the Snohomish River and was beached to prevent sinking in deep water.[6] |
| Dolphin | United States | The steamer while lying at Mauricetown, New Jersey caught fire and burned to the water's edge.[16] |
26 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barge Ironton in Thunder Bay eight miles (13 km) north east of Presque Isle, Michigan.[95][85] |
| William Home | United States | During a voyage from Manistique, Michigan, to Buffalo, New York, with a cargo of 579 tons of pig iron, under tow by the steamer F. R. Buell ( United States), the schooner heeled over and sank in Lake Michigan off Seul Choix Point on the coast of Michigan during a gale after her cargo shifted. Her crew of seven abandoned ship in a yawl, but six of them died when the yawl capsized. The lone survivor clung to the overturned yawl and reached shore near Seul Choix Light.[96] |
27 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorunda | United Kingdom | The steamer struck rocks off the Burlings Lighthouse, Portugal and was beached.[97] |
28 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. Shaw | United States | The steamer while lying at Williams Street Wharf, Philadelphia caught fire and sank.[16] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ivanhoe | United States | The schooner left a west coast port on 27 September and vanished.[98] |
October
[edit]1 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allegheny | United Kingdom | The steamer collided with the tanker Caucase ( Belgium) in the Delaware River and sank. She later was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[38] |
| Ariadne | United States | The steamer struck a reef in the Mississippi River, capsized and sank near Cairo, Illinois. Later raised.[10] |
| Martha C. | United States | The anchored schooner was wrecked in a heavy gale when dashed on the rocks at Bear Head, Newfoundland. Her crew was rescued a week later.[99] |
6 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Albany | United States | The steamer, laid up for the Winter in the Harlem River, was destroyed by fire.[14] |
| George Jurgens | United States | The vessel was cut in two in a collision with a foreign vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, between Cedar Key, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. Four crewmen killed.[41] |
7 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | United States | The steamer left her moorings at Portland, Maine without anyone on board during the night. She caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank.[16] |
8 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| David Mitchell | United States | The fishing vessel sank in a storm. Seven crewmen killed.[41] |
| Mary Potter | United States | The schooner was beached during a storm on Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Possibly refloated, repaired and returned to service.[100] |
| Sea Foam |  United States | The fishing vessel sank in a storm. Four crewmen killed.[101] |
10 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eunice Cobb | United States | The launch sprang a leak and sank at Pier 47 South, Philadelphia.[16] |
| Fire Fly | United States | Florida Panhandle Hurricane of 1894: The fishing steamer dragged anchor and went ashore on Rocky Point, New York on Long Island. After several attempts to refloat failed she was abandoned as a total loss after the boiler and engine were salvaged.[16] |
| Lillian | United States | Florida Panhandle Hurricane of 1894: The steamer foundered in a gale while at anchor at Port Charlotte, Florida.[65] |
| Majella | United States | Florida Panhandle Hurricane of 1894: The steamer was wrecked on a breakwater at Point Judith in a hurricane, a total loss. A line was found wrapped around her wheel. Lost with all five hands.[14] |
11 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. G. Ragon | United States | The passenger steamer struck a snag and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water at Soudrels, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[10] |
12 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Kellogg | United States | The steamer was holed by a stump on a dropping tide in the Cowlitz River at Gilbert's Mill and sank.[6] |
| Mist | United States | After her anchor chains parted during a storm, the 17.87-net register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) schooner drifted ashore and was dashed to pieces at or near Sitka, District of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[12] |
13 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert S. Willis | United States | The tow steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, a total loss.[34] |
| Alva Bradley | United States | During a voyage from Fairport, Ohio, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a cargo of steel billets, the 649-gross register ton, 189-foot (58 m) schooner sank during a gale in northern Lake Michigan off the coast of Michigan between North Manitou Island and South Manitou Island. The six men and one woman aboard were rescued by a United States Life-Saving Service crew from North Manitou Island.[102] |
20 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. A. Kerker | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with the ferry Mauch Chunk ( United States) in the lower end of the Buttermilk Channel in Upper New York Bay in New York City. Her engineer was killed.[14] |
21 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drew | United States | With 150 passengers aboard, the sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground in heavy fog on Washington Point at the northern end of Manhattan in New York City. After her passengers disembarked onto Manhattan Island via gangplank, the sidewheel paddle steamer Shady Side ( United States) pulled her off the rocks after the tide rose.[103] |
| Three unidentified ships | The ships ran aground in heavy fog at New York City.[103] |
24 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eva Belle Cain | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Georgetown, Washington, D.C. when she hung up on the dock on a rising tide. One crewman killed.[16] |
| Vennerne |  Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All ten people on board survived.[43] |
| Wairarapa | New Zealand |  The passenger steamer was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand, to Australia when she hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 kilometres (54 nmi) from Auckland, and sank with the loss of about 140 lives. It remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in New Zealand's history. |
25 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George R. White | United States | After her captain mailed a letter from Unalaska, District of Alaska, dated 25 October expressing his intention to follow the fur seal herds south to the tropics in the fall of 1894 and then back north in the spring of 1895, the 37.6-gross register ton, 61.2-foot (18.7 m) sealing schooner and her 15-man crew were never heard from again.[104] |
27 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. M. Wilson | United States | The wooden steamer, a bulk carrier, sprang a leak while in Lake Huron during a voyage to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a cargo of coal. The steamers Hudson and Samuel Mitchell (both United States) took her in tow, but she foundered in 40 feet (12 m) of water off the coast of Michigan in Thunder Bay 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Thunder Bay Island. She broke up in a gale on 6 November. Her wreck was located in 1907 in 40 feet (12 m) at 45°03′55″N 83°10′56″W / 45.065333°N 83.182133°W. Much of her machinery was salvaged.[85][105][106][107][108] |
28 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | United States | The barge, being towed by Zouave ( United States), was struck and sunk by the barge J. F. Merry ( United States) when she lost her towline to her tug Sea King ( United States) near Hell Gate in the East River.[14] |
29 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quickstep | United States | The tug when leaving dock was struck and sunk by the tug Harlem River No. 1 ( United States) that was going into dock at Palmer's Dock, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[14] |
31 October
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. R. Worswick | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak and sank in Lake Erie 2 miles (3.2 km) off Cleveland, Ohio due to a burst pipe. Her crew rescued by a passing tug.[15] |
| John F. Allen | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Red Cross Landing, Mississippi in the Tallahatchie River. Later raised.[65] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nina |  Norway | The barque ran aground and was wrecked in an unknown location sometime in October.[109] |
November
[edit]2 November
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring | United States | The steamer was wrecked after a line fouled her prop in heavy seas at Rockport, California.[32] |
3 November
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. P. Ross | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Oswego, New York.[15] |
4 November
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jerrie |