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The Seawanhaka Steamship Disaster

Below are illustrations from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper showing the horrific disaster of the steamship Sewanhaka disaster, in July 1880.  The story can be read here.

The final timetable of the Steamship Sewanhaka.

The memorial service brochure, remembering Captain Charles P. Smith, captain of the steamship Sewanhaka, held in the Tabernacle at Sea Cliff, Sunday, August 14th, 1881.

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