The schooner developed a leak in the gale on 11/12 February off Newfoundland. The crew was taken off just before she sank by the schooner (Canada).[10]
The 128.88-ton whalingbrig was wrecked on a reef in the Bering Sea on the northwest coast of Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands. Her crew of 29 reached the shore and survived and eventually were picked up by the revenue cutterUSRC Bear ( United States Revenue-Marine).[18]
The smack ran aground and was wrecked at Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Llangrannog, Glamorgan.[20]
The schooner was rammed, and cut in two, and sunk by (United States) off the mouth of the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Both crewmen onboard were rescued by Estella.[21]
Bound from gravel pits north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Milwaukee itself with a cargo of gravel, the 57.4-foot (17.5 m), 26-gross register tonscowschoonercapsized in heavy seas off Milwaukee after her hold filled with water. Her three-man crew clung to her overturned hull until rescued by the fishing schooner Prince (United States). Alma then drifted ashore onto rocks and probably broke up there in 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m) of water.[23]
During a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, to Escanaba, Michigan, either in ballast or carrying a cargo of either coal or wood (according to various sources), the 136-foot (41 m), 292.86-gross register tonscrew steamer sank without loss of life in Lake Michigan in 300 feet (91 m) of water 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, within three minutes of colliding in heavy fog with the steamerDouglas (United States). Douglas rescued her crew. A wreck discovered in May 2015 appears to be that of Alice E. Wilds.[25]
The wooden, fully-rigged sailing ship was cut in two in a collision in fog with the steamer (Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States, with the loss of two of her 21 crew. The survivors were rescued by Trave. The stern section came ashore at Wells, Maine, United States on 7 August. The bow section drifted ashore on the coast of North Carolina, United States, between Bodies Island and .[27][28]
The partially stripped wreck of the steamer, aground on rocks at Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since 17 July 1888, sank after being struck by the wake of the passing steamer Yosemite.
The 14.3-ton, 41.2-foot (12.6 m) schooner was wrecked in "Marosco Bay, Cold Harbor," probably a reference to Morozovski Bay – a name commonly used for Cold Bay at the time – on the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of eight survived.[18]
The 110-foot (33.5 m) whalingbark sank in the Chukchi Sea northwest of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, with the loss of 27 lives after she was caught in a swift current and crushed between two icebergs. Her five survivors clung to her mainmast as she sank, escaped onto the ice, and were rescued on 8 October by the whaling steamerOrca (United States).[38]
The barque was wrecked alongside North Pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, during a storm. Her entire crew of 11 survived by jumping onto the pier.
The Admiral-classbattleship ran aground on a shoal off Ferrol, Spain, primarily due to faulty charts. Salvage was difficult, and she was not refloated until 30 March 1893. She was repaired and returned to service.[47][48][49]
The schooner barge went ashore five miles (8.0 km) from Point Pelee, Ontario. Reported a week later as going to pieces, but salvaged in July 1893 and taken to Port Huron, Michigan, with repairs finished on 19 September 1893.[53][54]
The schooner was damaged in a collision with an unknown schooner in a snowstorm eight miles (13 km) off Sambro, Nova Scotia. She filled and sank. The crew took to her boats and were rescued six hours later by a pilot boat.[58]
During a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Cardigan, the schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire, Wales. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboatLizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[20]
The steam barge caught fire at L'Anse, Michigan when a kerosene lamp was dropped in a possible arson fire. The fire destroyed the vessel, dock, and warehouse. She was scuttled off the dock in 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m) of water.[60]
The steam passenger ship struck a reef in the Taiwan Strait off Sand Island in the Pescadores during a typhoon and foundered with the loss of 125 of the 150 people on board. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China, to Hong Kong.
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