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Article, "Steamer Larchmont Lost in Horror Collision"
An Albuquerque, New Mexico newspaper reports on the Larchmont collision off of Rhode Island.
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…
Article, "Shoved from the Captain's Boat"
Woman from Larchmont wreck rescued after 10 hours adrift. The article also reports on the number of known survivors, identified bodies, unidentified bodies, and missing.
Photograph of SS Cumberland, later renamed SS Larchmont
Image of the Larchmont
Article, "Montana Poet has Praise for the S.A."
This is a newspaper article about a poem written by Thomas Murray Spencer about the heroism of the Salvation Army members aboard the Larchmont.
Article, "Survived The Disaster"
An article that lists the nineteen survivors from the Larchmont and their cities of origin.
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.
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.
Article, "Still Picking up Victims"
This is a newspaper article about more bodies being recovered from the Larchmont disaster.
Article, "First to Leave Ship"
This is a newspaper article charging Captain McVey being first person off the Larchmont.