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
4 January
Ship | State | Description |
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A. L. Mason | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Henrietta | ![]() |
The fishing schooner sank in a heavy gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 14 crew.[4][5] |
Minnie M. | ![]() |
The steamer stranded at the mouth of the Nooksack River in a gale, a total loss.[6] |
Robert J. Edwards | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was wrecked on Sable Island in a gale. Lost with all 10 crew.[7][8][9] |
14 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Cascade | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak in a storm and was beached to prevent sinking.[6] |
Myra | ![]() |
The launch broke loose from her moorings during a flood in the Skokomish River. She filled and sank.[6] |
16 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Fred | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at 8 Mile in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. Raised the same day.[10] |
17 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Else | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Howard | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire at the Wallabout Dock in Brooklyn and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[6] |
18 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Wood | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked near Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.[12] |
Susan L. Hodge | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
20 January
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Stamwood | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire at Howards Point and was beached and she burned out a total loss.[6] |
Midget | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Louis Osborn | ![]() |
The tug sank over night at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts. Later raised.[14] |
23 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Harlan | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire while at anchor at Bluefields, Nicaragua.[15] |
24 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Clyde | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The tug was wrecked on Bakers Island in Massachusetts Bay in thick weather and heavy seas, a total loss.[14] |
28 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Camusi | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Palatka, Florida, a total loss.[16] |
Wm. Towle | ![]() |
The steamer sank in the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama due to a burst pipe. Later raised.[10] |
29 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Aberdeen | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in a snowstorm at Pebbly Beach Cove. The crew survived.[17] |
Gertie E. Foster | ![]() |
The schooner was at Strawberry Point near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. 5 crew drowned, her Captain and 6 crewmen survived.[18] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Afon Cefni | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship grounded in St Margaret's Bay with the loss of two lives.[21][22] |
Flash | ![]() |
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
1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Bessie Siler | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana. Later raised.[15] |
2 February
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Kearsarge | ![]() |
The Mohican-class sloop-of-war ran aground at Roncador Cay, Colombia, and was wrecked. |
6 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Brunhilde | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ferry sprung a leak and sank while lying over night at Golconda, Illinois. Raised and repaired.[10] |
11 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Bailey | ![]() |
The steamer grounded at the Mouth of the Skagit River and was submerged by the rising tide.[6] |
12 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The schooner was on the Ramea Islands, Newfoundland. After the crew was rescued she floated off, probably sank in a gale later.[25] |
Fortuna | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked one-quarter mile (0.40 km) off Race Point in the gale. Two crew drowned.[26] |
Huntcliff | ![]() |
The tramp steamer was beached at Blackpool, Lancashire. All crew safe. She was refloated on 23 February. |
Maurice & Marguerite | ![]() |
The schooner foundered on a voyage between Antwerp and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[27] |
14 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Col. J. H. French | ![]() |
The schooner sprung a leak in the gale of 12 February. The crew were rescued on 14 February by Gertie E. Foster (![]() |
Maggie E. Wells | ![]() |
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 (![]() ![]() |
Porter S. Roberts | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Roberts Island | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline at China Ferry in the Sacramento River.[32] |
16 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward P. Boynton | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.[33] |
Ida | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank at dock at the People's Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland.[16] |
17 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Ohio | ![]() |
The steamer struck a stump and sank at Cottonwood Point, Missouri, 120 miles (190 km) above Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[10] |
Truro | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Mattie Lee | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Miama, Missouri in the Missouri River, a total loss.[34] |
23 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Emma Uhl | ![]() |
The steamer sprang a leak and sank overnight at Sistersville, West Virginia. Broken up.[35] |
24 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Aarhus | ![]() |
The barque sank off Cape Moreton, Australia. |
Bella Israel | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Commodore Duryea | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire and was beached to extinguish the fire.[6] |
Detmar | ![]() |
The schooner was stranded and wrecked near Terschelling, the Netherlands. The crew members were rescued by local fishermen. |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Maude | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Tennessee River at Guntersville, Alabama. Later raised.[10] |
March
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Blanche | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary E. Bennett | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Sioux City, Iowa in the Missouri River. Raised and repaired.[34] |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Snohomish | ![]() |
The steamer grounded on Beans Point, a total loss.[6] |
7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Undaunted | ![]() |
The 68.18-gross register ton, 61-foot (19 m) sealing schooner was crushed by ice at Kayak Island on the coast of the Territory 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 (![]() |
8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Claribell | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Addie | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank near Austin Springs, Louisiana in Bayou D'Arbonne. A total loss.[15] |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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De Ruyter | ![]() |
Passed Lizard Point bound for Boston, United States. No further trace.[38] |
Edith | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire on Lake Erie near Mouse Island, Ohio. She ran aground and burned, a total loss.[39] |
15 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Mabel R. Woolford | ![]() |
The schooner was run down and sunk by Lake Ontario. The crew were rescued by Lake Ontario.[40] |
16 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice N. | ![]() |
The schooner sank 1,000 yards (910 m) east of Pensacola Bay, Florida beacon.[41] |
17 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice N. | ![]() |
The schooner (different vessel than above) was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[41] |
Samson | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Cabo Machichaco | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Glenravil Miner | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Overton, Glamorgan. Her three crew were rescued.[43] |
Jacob Sinex | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag in the Cowlitz River and sank.[6] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Alton S. Marshall | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was left the port of Gloucester, Massachusetts for Iceland and vanished. Lost with all 16 crew.[45][46] |
April
1 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Sunbeam | ![]() |
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in New Orleans. A total loss.[15] |
3 April
Ship | State | Description |
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William H. Barnum | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
4 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Minneapolis | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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S. L. Merritt | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with the tug W. E. Gladwish (![]() |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Diamond | ![]() |
The steamer burned at Avenue Landing, Tennessee, 140 miles (230 km) above Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[10] |
Majestic | ![]() |
The steamer was heading into Cohansey Creek, New Jersey at 1 AM and ran aground. Refloated by a dredge on 14 April.[16] |
Startle | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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S A Rudolph | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Unger | ![]() |
The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Burlington | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank in the Detroit River below Sandwich Point.[35] |
21 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Isolene | ![]() |
The yacht burned and sank after being struck by lightning at Northport, New York.[6][56] |
22 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Los Angeles | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Frances Biedler | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Punta Gorda, Florida.[15] |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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I. T. Rhea | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Belmont | ![]() |
The barkentine was wrecked sometime in April in an unknown location.[60] |
Martha and Susan | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
Matthew Turner | ![]() |
The sealing schooner was lost with all hands during a storm in the Sea of Japan.[55] |
May
1 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Iron Duke | ![]() |
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with a barge towed by Alice Brown (![]() |
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Helen | ![]() |
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 Territory of Alaska near Yakutat Bay and Mount Saint Elias. Her crew of 14 survived. She later was salvaged.[64] |
5 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Garland | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank at Beulah, Louisiana in the Red River. A total loss.[65] |
General Lincoln | ![]() |
The steamer struck a rock off Thompson Island and was beached to prevent sinking.[14] |
7 May
Ship | State | Description |
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May Libbie | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Eugene | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Logan | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 (![]() ![]() |
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Theodorus | ![]() |
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.[67][68] (She was previously wrecked as the steamship Tiber in May 1871, but subsequently rebuilt.) |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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New York | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline at Mill's shipyard, Camden, New Jersey while laid up at night.[16] |
Pacific | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock in the Portage Lake Ship Canal when she was struck by Henry B. Richards (![]() |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Queen of the Bay | ![]() |
The excursion steamer was destroyed by fire while laid up in the River Usk at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.[70] She was later sold for scrapping.[71] |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Isere | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Bailey | ![]() |
The steamer was snagged and sunk in Freshwater Slough in the Skagit River.[6] |
June
1 June
Ship | State | Description |
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A. F. Kappalla | ![]() |
The tug was run down and sunk by the schooner she was towing, Three Sisters (![]() |
2 June
Ship | State | Description |
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A. J. Hoole | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The steamer struck a rock and sank at Perrins Landing, Arkansas in the White River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
Latrona | ![]() |
The pleasure steamer struck an obstruction and capsized in the Wabash River. One female passenger died.[10] |
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Harvest Queen | ![]() |
The steamer struck a rock and sank at the Cascade Falls in the Columbia River. Later raised.[6] |
Maria | ![]() |
The steamer came in contact with a submerged piling and sank at dock at Portland, Oregon.[6] |
6 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Bessie Siler | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana in Bayou Teche. Later raised.[65] |
Rambler | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk when her boiler exploded at dock in New Haven, Connecticut, later raised. One crewman killed.[16] |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
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87S | ![]() |
The torpedo boat sank in La Spezia Bay off La Spezia, Italy, after colliding with the training ship Terribile (![]() |
13 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Verona | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Nina | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Lyons, Iowa.[10] |
18 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary J. Wells | ![]() |
The schooner caught fire and was beached/wrecked at Whitehead, Nova Scotia. The crew were saved.[73] |
Plymouth | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Madison | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
21 June
Ship | State | Description |
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James McFadden | ![]() |
The steamer sprang a leak while lying off Ship John Shoal Light in Delaware Bay and sank.[16] |
23 June
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Sheffield | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen M. | ![]() |
The pleasure launch foundered in Lake St. Clair in a severe squall. The owner and two young women died.[35] |
James D. Nicol | ![]() |
The tug sank on the New York fishing banks. 35 died.[6] |
25 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Essen | ![]() |
The lighter was sunk in a collision on the Cuyahoga River with Northwest (![]() |
July
1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Aztec | ![]() |
The yacht was struck by Sam Sloan (![]() |
Bell | ![]() |
The steamer was struck by a Tornado and sunk at Caruthersville, Missouri. Raised and repaired.[10] |
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Dayton | ![]() |
The launch caught fire and was beached on Governor's Island.[6] |
Valkyrie II | ![]() |
Collided with the yacht Santanita (![]() |
8 July
Ship | State | Description |
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D. Murchison | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire two miles (3.2 km) below Wilmington, North Carolina.[16] |
George Hays | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Raspberry Island near St. Paul, Minnesota. Later raised.[75] |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | ![]() |
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, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived, but she became a total loss.[76] |
Geo. W. Jones | ![]() |
The lighter caught fire in Boston Harbor and was destroyed.[14] |
Glendon | ![]() |
The lighter was destroyed by fire in Boston Harbor when her tow, Geo. W. Jones (![]() |
17 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Cepheus | ![]() |
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Cetus (![]() |
18 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Old Hickory No. 2 | ![]() |
The sawmill boat sprang a leak and sank near West Point, Kentucky in the Ohio River, a total loss.[10] |
19 July
Ship | State | Description |
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G. B. Monteith | ![]() |
The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Ohio River above Owensboro, Kentucky near Little Island. Raised and repaired.[10] |
Hotspur | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The yacht was damaged in a collision with fishing steamer Nat Strong (![]() |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Rule | ![]() |
The brig was sunk in a collision with Chattahoochee (![]() |
23 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Favorite | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline at her dock at the foot of Railroad Avenue, Newark, New Jersey.[14] |
24 July
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Winona | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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Kowshing | ![]() |
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Kwang-yi | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
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J. E. Stevens | ![]() |
The steamer burned at dock in Mayport, Florida.[34] |
Shamokin | ![]() |
The barge was sunk in a collision in thick fog with H. M. Whitney (![]() |
28 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Castor | ![]() |
The passenger ship was in collision with the barque Ernst (![]() |
29 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Glad Tidings | ![]() |
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.[78] |
Unidentified schooner | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Pathfinder (![]() |
30 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nicosia | ![]() |
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.[79] |
31 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Edwin J. Wood | ![]() |
The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in shallow water between Evansville, Indiana and Spottsville, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[10] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Tarapaca | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Chilean coast.[80] |
August
1 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Grenadier | ![]() |
Collided with steamer August Korff in fog during early morning hours and sank within half an hour.[81] |
Menomonie | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Sturgeon Bend 14 miles (23 km) below Prescott, Wisconsin. Later raised.[75] |
2 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline in the Columbia River four miles (6.4 km) into Canada.[6] |
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Enterprise | ![]() |
The canal boat was destroyed by fire in the Oswego Canal.[15] |
4 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John Lang | ![]() |
The launch was damaged in a collision with the schooner Douglas L. Hayner (![]() |
Marie | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 Territory of Alaska.[82] |
5 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Reindeer | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water in Coon Slough. Raised and repaired.[10] |
6 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mystery | ![]() |
The pleasure steamer was struck and sunk by the ferry George H. Power (![]() |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Roanoke | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
William H. Foye | ![]() |
The schooner wrecked in the Magdalen Islands by mistaking Entry Island Light for Gow Head Light. Crew saved.[85] |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
O. J. True | ![]() |
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with tow steamer John E. Monk (![]() |
Park Bluff | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. Raised and repaired.[34] |
9 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
C. Smith | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline while lying at Waterloo, Alabama in the Tennessee River.[10] |
10 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
J. K. Graves | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock in New Baltimore, New York.[14] |
12 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Little Albert | ![]() |
The tow steamer sprung a leak over night and sank at Tell City, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[10] |
Richmond | ![]() |
The steamer sank in a collision with Puritan (![]() |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Two Brothers | ![]() |
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.[86] |
Verne Swain | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
H. K. Bedford | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction at Moscow, Ohio and sank. Raised and repaired.[10] |
23 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Queen | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Portsmouth | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The tug was sunk at dock at Sault St. Marie at the entrance to the Soo Canal when she was struck by Fayette Brown (![]() |
26 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Charles Castle | ![]() |
The tow steamer was sunk at dock in the Cuyahoga River when struck by steamer Pasadena (![]() |
Gertrude | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[89] |
27 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Geo. Law | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Bridgeton, New Jersey.[16] |
29 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Tom Spurlock | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Rome, Ohio.[10] |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Samuel Miller | ![]() |
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[65] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hibernia | The steamer sank with the loss of two crew members after colliding with the paddle steamer Prince of Wales (![]() |
September
3 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ida | ![]() |
The motor schooner was sunk in a collision with Capt. Weber (![]() |
Matchless | ![]() |
The pleasure yacht capsized in Morecambe Bay off northwestern England with the loss of 25 lives. |
7 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John A. Woods | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The lighter struck Londoner (flag unknown) off Cape Ann and became a total loss.[14] |
8 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Durant | ![]() |
The steamer sank while lying at Bridesburg, Pennsylvania. Raised and taken to a marine railway at Dorchester, New Jersey.[16] |
Orient | ![]() |
The steamer burned in the Cowlitz River at Catlin, Washington, a total loss.[6] |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Colonist | ![]() |
The coastal cargo steamer was wrecked on the Oyster Bank off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
Lynn J. | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak and sank 16 miles (26 km) from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Later raised.[65] |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Silver Wave | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Sulphur Springs, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[10] |
11 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Roy | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George Hurst | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with the tug Carroll Boys (![]() |
J. Putnam Bradlee | ![]() |
The steamer struck a rock and filled with water in the Weir River.[14] |
13 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Yosemite | ![]() |
The fire boat sprung a leak and sank in Lake Michigan in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water.[35] |
16 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Blue Wing | ![]() |
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][90] |
17 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Chaoyong | ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Golden Gate | ![]() |
The steamer, while lying ashore at Longport, New Jersey, careened, caught fire and was destroyed.[16] |
Jingyuan | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
Zhiyuan | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George N Wilcox | ![]() |
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.[91] |
John B. McMahon | ![]() |
The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the ferry Maryland (![]() ![]() |
22 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Comet | ![]() |
The steamer burned at Covington, Kentucky while undergoing repairs when a lamp was overturned, a total loss.[10]< |
James Pickands | ![]() |
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.[83][92] |
23 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Belmont | ![]() |
The steamer while lying at Cramer Hill, Camden, New Jersey caught fire and burned to the waterline.[16] |
Willamette Chief | ![]() |
The steamer burned at dock in Portland, Oregon when set afire by a burning unknown barge, a total loss.[6] |
25 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Clara Brown | ![]() |
The steamer was damaged by a boom in the Snohomish River and was beached to prevent sinking in deep water.[6] |
Dolphin | ![]() |
The steamer while lying at Mauricetown, New Jersey caught fire and burned to the water's edge.[16] |
26 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ohio | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barge Ironton in Thunder Bay eight miles (13 km) north east of Presque Isle, Michigan.[93][83] |
William Home | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
27 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dorunda | ![]() |
The steamer struck rocks off the Burlings Lighthouse, Portugal and was beached.[95] |
28 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S. Shaw | ![]() |
The steamer while lying at Williams Street Wharf, Philadelphia caught fire and sank.[16] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ivanhoe | ![]() |
The schooner left a west coast port on 27 September and vanished.[96] |
October
1 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Allegheny | ![]() |
The steamer collided with the tanker Caucase (![]() |
Ariadne | ![]() |
The steamer struck a reef in the Mississippi River, capsized and sank near Cairo, Illinois. Later raised.[10] |
Martha C. | ![]() |
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.[97] |
6 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Albany | ![]() |
The steamer, laid up for the Winter in the Harlem River, was destroyed by fire.[14] |
George Jurgens | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Welcome | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
David Mitchell | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank in a storm. Seven crewmen killed.[41] |
Mary Potter | ![]() |
The schooner was beached during a storm on Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Possibly refloated, repaired and returned to service.[98] |
Sea Foam | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank in a storm. Four crewmen killed.[99] |
10 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eunice Cobb | ![]() |
The launch sprang a leak and sank at Pier 47 South, Philadelphia.[16] |
Fire Fly | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Florida Panhandle Hurricane of 1894: The steamer foundered in a gale while at anchor at Port Charlotte, Florida.[65] |
Majella | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
E. G. Ragon | ![]() |
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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Joseph Kellogg | ![]() |
The steamer was holed by a stump on a dropping tide in the Cowlitz River at Gilbert's Mill and sank.[6] |
Mist | ![]() |
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, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[12] |
13 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Albert S. Willis | ![]() |
The tow steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, a total loss.[34] |
Alva Bradley | ![]() |
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.[100] |
20 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
F. A. Kerker | ![]() |
The tug was sunk in a collision with the ferry Mauch Chunk (![]() |
21 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Drew | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Three unidentified ships | The ships ran aground in heavy fog at New York City.[101] |
24 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eva Belle Cain | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All ten people on board survived.[43] |
Wairarapa | ![]() |
![]() 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George R. White | ![]() |
After her captain mailed a letter from Unalaska, Territory of Alaska, dated 25 October expressing his intention to follow the 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.[102] |
27 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
D. M. Wilson | ![]() |
The steamer foundered in 40 feet (12 m) of water in Thunder Bay after springing a leak 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Thunder Bay Island. Broke up in a gale ten days later. Wreck located in 1907. Much of her machinery was salvaged.[83][103][104] |
28 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ada | ![]() |
The barge, being towed by Zouave (![]() ![]() ![]() |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Quickstep | ![]() |
The tug when leaving dock was struck and sunk by the tug Harlem River No. 1 (![]() |
31 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
J. R. Worswick | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank at Red Cross Landing, Mississippi in the Tallahatchie River. Later raised.[65] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nina | ![]() |
The barque ran aground and was wrecked in an unknown location sometime in October.[105] |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Silver Spring | ![]() |
The steamer was wrecked after a line fouled her prop in heavy seas at Rockport, California.[32] |
3 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
E. P. Ross | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Oswego, New York.[15] |
4 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jerrie | ![]() |
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Ashland, Kentucky, a total loss.[10] |
Marguerite | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed in a boat house when a warehouse burned at Ogdensburg, New York.[15] |
San Pedro | ![]() |
The wrecking steamer caught fire near Point Conception, California while working on the wreck of Gosford and was abandoned because of dynamite on board. Sank on 5 November.[32] |
5 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mark Winnett | ![]() |
The steamer sank when her hog chains broke at Industry, Pennsylvania in the Ohio River. Raised and repaired.[35] |
S. C. Baldwin | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in the St. Clair River at Marine City, Michigan in a collision with Iron King (![]() |
6 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Crusader | ![]() |
The steamer burned at dock over night at sault St. Marie, a total loss. Her two firemen died.[83] |
Mary and Norman | ![]() |
The fishing steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Vermillion, Ohio.[15] |
William H. Barrett | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Grand Rapids, Michigan.[47] |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
J. A. Blackmore | ![]() |
The steamer, laid up waiting to be broken up, sank at dock in Pittsburgh.[35] |
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
L. W. Wetmore | ![]() |
The steamer struck a reef off Centerville, Wisconsin in a heavy wind and snow storm. She was scuttled and abandoned, but pulled off a few days later.[83] |
13 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Wasp | ![]() |
The laid up steamer sprang a leak and sank at Algiers, Louisiana, a total loss.[65] |
16 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lily Turner | ![]() |
The steamer sank at Eagle Point, Iowa due to a defective sea cock. Raised and repaired.[10] |
18 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
X. L. | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Oclockony River. Later raised.[65] |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eddie | ![]() |
The junk was sunk in the Buffalo River at Buffalo, New York in a collision with Alex. H. Sloan (![]() |
F. A. Kappalla | ![]() |
The tug caught fire off Hunters Point, Queens, in the East River. She was run ashore where she was destroyed by the fire.[14] |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown schooner | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Georgia (![]() |
23 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ozama | ![]() |
The cargo steamer ran aground on the outer shoal off Cape Romain, South Carolina, then floated off and sank. |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gracie H. Benson | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Reading (![]() |
Lettie G. Howard | ![]() |
The schooner went ashore by the Highland Light, Cape Cod. Later refloated. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[107] |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
B. Brandeth | ![]() |
The lighter was sunk in a collision with the tug Brinton (![]() |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Magnolia | ![]() |
The schooner went ashore on Pass Island near Despair Bay, Nova Scotia, a cabin stove overturned and she burned to the waterline. Her crew made it to shore in her dories.[108] |
29 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Susie | ![]() |
The steamer sank at the Northern Pacific Wharf, Tacoma, Washington as a result of a landslide.[6] |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John P. Thorn | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock in Pittsburgh.[35] |
John T. Hoffman | ![]() |
The steamer burned at dock at Portland, Maine, a total loss.[16] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Oriole | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked sometime in November in an unknown location.[109] |
December
1 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dora | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River ten miles (16 km) above St. Louis, a total loss.[34] |
3 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Maggie E. MacKenzie | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was wrecked at Point Platte, Miquelon Island. Her crew made it to shore.[110] |
5 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Inez | ![]() |
The launch was sunk in a collision in fog with Buckeye State (![]() |
J. W. Haring | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Plymouth (![]() |
7 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
New York Central No. 2 | ![]() |
The tug was sunk in a collision with the ferry Hopatcong (![]() |
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Corinne | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in St. Marys, Florida, a total loss.[34] |
9 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George L. Bass | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River three miles (4.8 km) above Alton, Illinois. Later raised.[34] |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Allen J. Duncan | ![]() |
The steamer struck a log and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water at Webb's Landing in the Tennessee River.[10] |
Ione | ![]() |
The steamer struck a rock and sank at Kiernan's Quarry in the Columbia River.[6] |
12 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Richard C. Steele | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Devils Back in Boston Harbor. Refloated by lighters on 15 December, taken to Boston, condemned and stripped.[111] |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Paducah | ![]() |
The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a snag in the Mississippi River 86 miles (138 km) below St. Louis. Later raised.[75] |
17 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
117S | ![]() |
The torpedo boat was lost in the Adriatic Sea near Brindisi, Italy.[72] |
Oriole | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire off New Castle, Delaware and was beached at New Castle. She is under water at high tide.[16] |
22 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Abana | ![]() |
![]() |
Active | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak in the St. Johns River. When her helm was put hard over into a turn she careened, filled, and sank. Later raised. Two crewmen killed.[34] |
Petrel | ![]() |
The fishing boat was driven ashore at Blackpool. |
Stanley | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Borbjerg.[38] |
27 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elenora | ![]() |
The schooner went ashore on rocks off George J. Tarr & Company's Oil Works at Fort Point and was damaged.[112] |
G. W. Sentell | ![]() |
The laid up steamer struck was destroyed by fire at New Orleans.[65] |
28 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Austriana | ![]() |
The schooner burned at anchor in Pensacola Bay, a total loss.[113][114] |
31 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Addie Winthrop | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Big Glace Bay, a total loss. The crew was saved.[115] |
Apalachee | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock at Columbus, Georgia due to a frozen suction pipe bursting. Later raised.[116] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Inishtrahull | ![]() |
The passenger-cargo ship foundered during a storm in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland sometime between 28 and 30 December. |
Keweenaw | ![]() |
The steamer departed Comox, British Columbia on 7 December and was never heard from again. Lost with all 29 hands.[32] |
Lillian | ![]() |
The barquentine was wrecked sometime in December.[117] |
Victoria Nyanza | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Iquique, Chile.[118] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Abraham Barker | ![]() |
The 361-ton whaling bark was wrecked on the Koryak Coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Cape Navarin.[76] |
Albert W. Smith | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[119] |
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The steamer was sunk in a collision with Islander (![]() |
Mary H. Thomas | ![]() |
The 94-ton trading schooner was lost in the Bering Sea.[12] |
Susan H. Ritchie | Unknown | The schooner was lost on the coast of New Jersey on 11 April 1894[120] between Bay Head and Mantoloking.[119] |
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