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Table Depicting Disasters to Vessels On and Near the Coasts and On the Rivers between 1901 to 1920
Statisical information on the amount of passengers and crew using steamboats, the amount of cargo lost, lives lost, and vessels lost in 1901-1920.
Table Depicting a Summary of Disasters to Vessels Which Occured On and Near Coasts and Rivers From 1880-1900
Statistical information on United States steamboats.
Chart of Lives Lost vs. People Aboard Vessels Across the United States of America
A bar graph depicting the ratio of vessels, passengers, crew members, and lives lost across the United States of America from 1880-1910. Data from the United States Census Bureau's 1901 summary of the General Superintendent of Life-Saving Service's…
Photograph of a Joy Line Ship Unloading Bodies of the Larchmont Victims
Picture of bodies from Larchmont being unloaded from the SS Kentucky.
Photograph, "Ill-Fated Steamer and Map Showing Location of Disaster"
This is a photo of the Larchmont, and a location of where the disaster happened.
Photograph, "The Collision on Long Island Sound"
This is a drawing of what it possibly looked like when the Larchmont and Harry Knowlton collided.
Article, "One More Dead on Larchmont"
The newspaper article describes more bodies being discovered from the Larchmont. The article questions who was at fault, and if the Larchmont changed course
Article, "Pilot A Young Man"
The article spectulates on the identity of the pilot behind the wheel at the time of the collision. The article suggests that John S. Wyman, was steering the wheel but that he was also a skilled pilot.
Article, "Survived The Disaster"
An article that lists the nineteen survivors from the Larchmont and their cities of origin.
Article, "Known Dead Missing"
This is a newspaper article detailing the missing persons from the Larchmont disaster.