Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Shipwreck Found in San Francisco Bay

https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/04/23/shipwreck-found-in-san-francisco-bay-chinese-crew-heroics-after-disaster-revealed/
San Jose Mercury News published a story about the finding of the shipwreck SS City of Chester.  This ship, outbound, was headed to the mines of Eureka with about 106 people on board, collided with an incoming ship Oceana which was about twice its size.  Because of dense fog the ships noticed each other but the tides prevented the Chester from getting our of the other steamships way, and the Oceana sliced through the hull.  People were trapped by gushing water, and others thrown into the ocean.  The Chinese crew of the Oceana helped with the rescue.  In the end sixteen people died. 
This article was published in 2014.

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