Disaster on Devil's Bridge
Published on 9. May 2018
144 pages
978-1-4930-3323-2 (ISBN)
Description
The complete story of the tragic loss of the passenger steamer City of Columbus. In the early hours of January 18th, 1884, the majestic steamship ran aground on the treacherous Devil's Bridge rocks and reef off the Gay Head Cliffs in Aquinnah, Massachusetts near Martha's Vineyard. Of the 45 officers and 87 passengers, only 17 crew and 12 passengers made it back to land, making this shipwreck one of the worst ocean disasters of all time. Reporter George Hough spent years following this story, tracking down survivors and witnesses to piece together the horrific details and tragic mistakes to uncover the mystery of the disaster on Devil's Bridge.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
5,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-3323-2 (9781493033232)
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George A., Jr. Hough
Disaster on Devil's Bridge
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Person
Inheriting the newspaper tradition from his father , one of the best known newspapermen of his day, George A. Hough, Jr., was born in New Bedford in 1894, and knew the old waterfront in its last days of whaling. His maternal grandfather was a Vineyard whaling master, and that island was his summer home for years. Upon graduation from Columbia University's School of Journalism, he became a reporter and re-write man on the New York World, rising to the day city editor's position. In 1929 he became editor and publisher of the Falmouth Enterprise on Cape Cod, beginning an association which has since carried on with his wife and son. His interest in the City of Columbus story was strengthened as he pursued his research.
Content
- Disaster On Devil's Bridge
- INTRODUCTION
- FOREWORD
- Chapter 1. SETTING FOR DISASTER
- Chapter 2 THE BOSTON AND SAVANNAH LINE
- Chapter 3 PASSENGERS FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH
- Chapter 4 A JOLLY EVENING ON SHIPBOARD
- Chapter 5 DEVIL'S BRIDGE
- Chapter 6 "WE HAVE GOT TO LEAVE THE SHIP, GENTLEMEN
- Chapter 7 TWENTY-FIVE SHORT MINUTES
- Chapter 8 "GET YOUR CROWD OUT!
- Chapter 9 STEWARD PITMAN'S FLIGHT
- Chapter 10 ONE GREAT CRY OF TERROR
- Chapter 11 TWO BOATS LEAVE THE SHIP
- Chapter 12 SUCCOR PASSES BLINDLY BY
- Chapter 13 PRAYERS IN THE RIGGING
- Chapter 14 HELP COMES FROM SHORE
- Chapter 15 THE CUTTER DEXTER
- Chapter 16 NEWS OF TRAGEDY REACHES LAND
- Chapter 17 GAY HEAD GIVES UP ITS SECRETS
- Chapter 18 IMPACT OF DISASTER
- Chapter 19 THE NATION HONORS ITS HEROES
- Chapter 20 OFFICIAL INQUIRY
- Chapter 21 CAPTAIN WRIGHT LOSES HIS LICENSE
- Chapter 22 ATTRITION UNDER THE LAW
- Chapter 23 MOTHERS AND BABIES OF THE "COLUMBUS
- Chapter 24 TIME WRITES THE STORY'S END
- Chapter 25 THE ENIGMA OF CAPTAIN WRIGHT
- Chapter 26 CAN THE PUZZLES OF THE "COLUMBUS" BE SOLVED?
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES ON THE CHAPTERS
- THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
- THE SAVED AND THE LOST - ROSTER OF SHIP'S COMPANY
- OFFICERS AND CREW LOST
