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Author | : Jim Ignasher |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2010-12-10 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1614232806 |
How could a perfectly sound U.S. military fighter plane simply vanish from formation on a training flight? Why did the crew of a speeding train choose death over salvation? What really happened one foggy night in 1929 when the Coast Guard fired on a rumrunner in Narragansett Bay? Do guardian angels really exist? Can an airplane be jinxed? In his latest book, Jim Ignasher chronicles twenty-three long-forgotten tales of disaster in the Ocean State. His research includes declassified government reports, which allow for some stories to be told in their entirety for the first time. Collectively, these tales present heroes and villains, adventure and the human condition, strange happenings and unsolved mysteries.
Author | : Bonnie M. Dixon |
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Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Emergency management |
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Author | : Carole Marsh |
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Release | : 1994 |
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ISBN | : 9780793309825 |
Author | : Tullio David Pitassi |
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Shipwrecks |
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Reproduction of typescript.
Author | : Charlotte Taylor |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2017-04-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439660387 |
Rhode Island, the Ocean State, has more shipwrecks per square mile than any other state. The south coast and Block Island are the resting places of many shipwrecks, with many more located in Narragansett Bay. The record of shipwrecks in Rhode Island begins immediately after the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century with the grounding of a Dutch trading vessel, and thousands more vessels came to grief in its waters in the following centuries, through bad weather, human error, equipment failure, and military action. Some of these shipwrecks were epic disasters, with many fatalities and the total loss of the vessel; others were relatively minor misfortunes in which the ships were salvageable. Many shipwrecks from the 19th century on into the 20th were captured in the dramatic images gathered here. These pictures show the variety of vessels that travelled Rhode Island's waters back when the ocean was the primary transportation corridor and the many ways in which they met misfortune.
Author | : Joseph P Soares |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2013-09-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625853092 |
On February 11, 1907, the steamship Larchmont collided with the schooner Harry Knowlton. Thrown from their bunks, passengers of the Larchmont panicked and ran onto the ship's deck. Haphazardly loaded lifeboats set out only partially full, and shrieks from those left behind were heard in the distance. Nearly 150 passengers were lost that night. The men and women of Block Island courageously aided those in need and dealt with the horrors that washed ashore. Controversy swirled around the conduct of the captain and crew of the Larchmont as investigators tried to determine who was responsible for the collision. Authors Joseph and Janice Soares chronicle one of the greatest disasters in New England's waters.
Author | : Margaret Woodbury Carter |
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Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Shipwrecks |
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Author | : Rhode Island Local Government Records Program |
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Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Archival materials |
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Author | : Jeffry Cole Severson |
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Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Emergency management |
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Author | : James F. Jenney |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781480178328 |
For the first time, a compilation covering over 300 years of military and paramilitary shipwrecks and maritime events which took place in Rhode Island waters including Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound and Rhode Island Sound. Jim Jenney's extensive research of naval vessels including foreign ships and privateers from 1745 to present times has been bound between two covers, describing individual shipwrecks, engagements, foundering, collisions, and related disasters. The book is a valuable collection of more than 130 events written by an experienced marine historian. Each event is a story in itself providing the reader historical information gleaned from hundreds of archival sources. The three sections of the book are arranged in chronological order covering three centuries of maritime events. Each story is illustrated with b&w photos or line drawings showing the design of the vessel as well as segments of maritime charts showing the approximate location of each incident documented.