wrecks

17 photos tagged wrecks, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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New Haven R.R. wreck (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    This was an accident at Stamford, Connecticut, on June 12, 1913. A west-bound express train from Boston apparently did not stop for a signal, and rammed into the (wooden) Skylark chair-car (pictured above), that was stopped at Stamford Station, killing six people and injuring dozens more. There was an extensive investigation amid differing claims that the brakes were either faulty, or were in excellent condition. — excerpted from New York Times. This accident appears to mark the end of major railroads using wooden coaches, with all steel construction becoming the norm.[1] (Note the large wheels of the locomotive are under the wooden coach car.)  
  • Mary said:
    Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for supplying further information and references. We'll upgrade our source data with the specifics and reload the description.
  • technogeo said:
    Ghastly. The engine went more than half way through the passenger car. Interesting that the locomotive wasn't damaged in the collision. Two days later its brakes were tested at full speed by a panel of experts. The engine appears to be a 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive.

Captain and First Mate of The Hansa

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • derangedlemur said:
    1899 HANSA BREMEN BARQUE - 1,198 tons DEALS ABREAST OF; ST. JOHNS N.B. FOR WATERFORD b c e f
  • derangedlemur said:
    With a name like that I presume it was actually called Hansa Stadt Bremen, rather than Hansa. I'll see if there's anything in the german archives. Edit: No - apparently there's lots of Hansas
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    derangedlemur Excellent, thanks a million! What's b c e f?
  • derangedlemur said:
    I'm not finding anything under Havarie and all the Wracks are other boats.
  • derangedlemur said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons No idea. It's off a list of wrecks from a diving site.

B&O RR wreck - Wash. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Here is a story about a B&O wreck at Terra Cotta station in Washington, but the date was 12/31/06; why would it be mixed in with photos from 1912? query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9803E2DC1331E7... Here is a map of where the Terra Cotta station was (not sure if that is what we are looking at or not); looks like its not far from the Naval Observatory. www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.9508333333&lon=-77.00...
  • MDRails said:
    They don't seem to match up: the accident reported in the article happened in December and the photo appears to have been taken in the summer.
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Good point!