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Newspaper article detailing Larchmont rescuers from the schooner Elsie receiving awards.

Picture of bodies from Larchmont being unloaded from the SS Kentucky.

This is a newspaper article describing the morgue becoming overcrowded with bodies from the Larchmont disaster.

This is a newspaper article describing the accusations against Captain McVey abandoning the Larchmont.

This is a news article describing a boat full of frozen bodies washing ashore in Rhode Island.

A description of the days events where St. Joseph's Church will be a starting point. This church was segregated.

Article about Captain McVey's defense regarding why his rescue boat was first to leave the Larchmont as she sank.

This is a newspaper article describing Ezra Gerry's funeral announcement in Rhode Island, and the minister defending Captain McVey.

This article reports on President Dunbaugh's statement that the Harry Knowlton was responsible for the wreck and not the Larchmont. Frank Dunbaugh was president of the Joy Line

This article describes a package of paperwork from the steamer Larchmont found four years after the disaster.