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ACCOUNTS OF THE WRECK OF THE S. S. VILLE DU HAVRE, undated
Collection Summary | |
| Repository: | The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516 |
| Title: | Accounts of the Wreck of the S. S. Ville Du Havre |
| Dates: | undated |
| Quantity: | .25 linear feet (1 box) |
| Abstract: | This collection contains nine accounts of the shipwreck of the S. S. Ville du Havre copied from various letters and publications. |
| Collection Number: | MH 226 |
Series List
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains nine accounts of the shipwreck of the S. S. Ville du Havre copied from various letters and
publications. The first six folders contain chapters from Personal Recollections of the Wreck of the Ville du Havre and the Loch
Earn by N. Weiss, delegate to the Evangelical Alliance Conference in
1873, translated from the French. The book was published in 1875 by Anson D. F.
Randolph & Company, New York. Chapter II is missing. Folder 7 contains an
account by Mary Adams Bulkley published by James A. Anderson. Reminiscences: The Merchant Marine by W. W. Urquhart in folder 12 was
published in the 1890s by Knickerbocker Press in New York. The remaining accounts
were published in newspapers or copied from letters. Each folder contains an
original typescript and a copy, none of which are dated.
Historical Sketch
S. S. Ville du Havre was a French iron steamship that operated round trips between the northern coast of France and New York. In the early hours of 22 November 1873, Ville du Havre collided with the Scottish three-masted iron clipper, Loch Earn and sank in 12 minutes with the loss of 226 lives. Only 61 passengers and 26 crew members survived, rescued by Loch Earn and subsequently, an American vessel, the Trimountain, and taken to Cardiff, Wales.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Preferred Citation
Accounts of the Wreck of the S. S. Ville Du Havre, MH 226, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Provenance
The provenance of this material is unknown.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, November 2016.
Related Material
"SS Ville Du Havre." Wikipedia. Wikimedia
Foundation, 30 Oct. 2016. Web. 22 Nov. 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Ville_du_Havre
Pocock, Michael. "MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for November 22, 2007." MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for November 22, 2007 SS Ville Du
Havre. MaritimeQuest.com, 2007. Web. 22 Nov. 2016. http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2007/pages/nov/22_ss_ville_du_havre.htm