Shipwrecks have been something of an occupational hazard for our species since we first put to sea. But, there are some that were so deadly, they will be remembered forever.
When the boiler ruptured due to the strain, hundreds of people were killed in the initial explosion, with many more trapped when the overloaded decks collapsed. Even though approximately 1,800 people died, the tragedy was overshadowed in the media by the ongoing coverage of the Lincoln assassination.was a passenger ferry en route from
Port-au-Prince to Jeremie, Haiti, with approximately 2,000 people on board. The exact number of passengers is unclear, as many people were not listed on the official manifest. The, the ferry encountered rough seas and began to take on water. The crew could not control the flooding, and the passengers rushed to the top deck, where the crush of people caused that deck to collapse onto the people below.
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