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The wreck of the Atlantic...
The wreck of the Atlantic...
Item # 696673
April 02, 1873
NEW YORK HERALD, April 2, 1873
* Wreck of the RMS Atlantic (1st report)
* Ocean Steamer
* North American coast
Great reporting on the sinking of the ship Atlantic, with page 7 having the half of the first column taken up with related headings: "AWFUL CALAMITY" "Wreck of the White Star Steamship Atlantic" "Seven Hundred Lives Lost" "All the Women and Children Drowned in Their Berths" and much more. A first report here.
At the time it was the deadliest civilian maritime disaster in the North Atlantic.
Twelve pages, a bit irregular at the spine, good condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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