View at San Quentin Bay, Lower California, July 20th 1851 : embarkation of wrecked passengers from steamship UNION, on board steamship NORTHERNER, Capt. Henry Randall
Creator
Moody, Edwin, artist J.H. Bufford's Lith., publisher
"RNOX 37.50 The Union, which operated from San Francisco to Panama from 1850 to 1851, first for the People's Line and then for the Independent Line, was wrecked at San Quintín Bay, Baja California, on July 5, 1851 supposedly due to intoxicated crew; all passengers and crew were saved. The Northerner, built in 1847, was purchased by Pacific Mail Steamship Company from Empire City Line in December 1850; she became spare steamer in 1853, and was wrecked, January 5, 1860, after striking Blunt's Reef, south of Humbolt Bay.
Extent
Print ; image 28.9 x 45.4 cm (11 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.) ; overall 40.5 x 55.7 cm (15 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
Shipwrecks--San Quintín Bay (Mexico)--19th century--Pictorial works Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Pictorial works Marine accidents Ships--19th century--Pictorial works Marine prints--United States--19th century Pacific Mail Steamship Company Independent Line (Vanderbilt) Northerner (Steamship : 1847-1860) Union (Steamship : 1849-1851) Steamboats--United States--19th century--Pictorial works Passenger ships--United States--19th century--Pictorial works Illustrations
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Prints Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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