Rescued MARIPOSA passengers aboard the freight steamer DISPATCH, Fitz Hugh Sound, British Columbia, October 1915

Caption on image: Mariposa passengers on board S.S. Despatch PH Coll 247.500 Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitz Hugh Sound. She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR, towed south and drydocked at the Seattle C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1915
Subjects:
Dispatch (Ship)
Ship accidents > British Columbia
Rescues > British Columbia
Alaska Steamship Co. > People > British Columbia
Alaska Steamship Co. > Equipment & supplies > British Columbia
Steamboats > British Columbia > Fitz Hugh Sound
Shipwreck victims > British Columbia > Fitz Hugh Sound
Canada
British Columbia
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/152
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Summary:Caption on image: Mariposa passengers on board S.S. Despatch PH Coll 247.500 Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitz Hugh Sound. She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR, towed south and drydocked at the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co. on November 15. The passengers were rescued within two hours and landed at Ketchikan.

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