12 Sep 1857

Sinking of the SS Central America

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Friday, September 11, 1857: In the second day of a hurricane the ship sprang a leak at 9 a.m. Passengers were ordered to assist the crew in bailing. The ship sank at about 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 12, about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon.

http://www.sscentralamerica.com/history.html

Source/Attribution

'S.S. Central America Time Line' California Gold Marketing Group, www.sscentralamerica.com/sources.html

Added Fri, Jul 23 2010 at 7:03PM UTC by

Colin Harris

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