Bear a passenger steamer that sank in the surf broadside.
Grace Barton sternwheeler caught fire, burned then sank in the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, CA, USA. During the filming of “Jim Bluso,” a movie. A camera man took advantage of good shots and filmed it.
January
01 Louis K Cottingham a vessel that was stranded near Seal Island, NS, Canada.
01 Marjorie Mcalasken a vessel that wrecked near Bay of Fundy, NS, Canada
07 Nellie a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near Cape Sable, NS, Canada
08 Selma a fishing launch that wrecked on San Nicolas Island, CA, USA. Further details can be found here: Islapedia
09 Ghost a gas motor vessel that caught fire, burned then foundered near Absecon Beach, NJ, USA.
17 Stanley L a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near Advocate Beach, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Saint John. NB, Canada to Advocate Beach, NS, Canada.
26 Henry Steers No 80 a barge that caught fire, burned then sank near Port Newark, NJ, USA.
February
15 John Bossert an USA schooner that caught fire, burned then sank near Seabright, NJ, USA.
15 Hope Sherwood a USA schooner that was in a collision with Yumuri an English steamship near Five Fathoms Bank Lightship, NJ, USA.
15 Yumuri an English steamship that was in a collision with Hope Sherwood near Five Fathoms Bank Lightship, NJ, USA.
19 Potomac a steel steam schooner that was stranded near Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Middleboro, MA, USA to Galveston, TX, USA
21 Fifield a steam schooner that sank near Bandon, OR, USA
26 Advent a vessel that foundered near NS, Canada.
26 Corona a vessel that was stranded near Green Island, NS, Canada.
March
04 Juno a vessel that was stranded near Cranberry Island, NS, Canada.
04 Reform a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada
06 Lauretta Francis a vessel that was stranded near Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada.
15 James W Elwell an USA schooner that was distressed near Monmouth Beach, Long Branch, NJ, USA.
15 O D a vessel that sank near Santa Catalina Island, CA, USA. Further details available here Islapedia
16 Advent a vessel that foundered near Cape Sambro, NS, Canada.
22 Oakland a schooner that ran aground near Manzanita, OR, USA. Abandoned at sea. After running ashore, it was refloated and renamed the Mary Hanlon. Ultimately lost off Mendocino, CA, USA.
22 Sarah Radcliffe a steel steamer that was stranded near Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada
28 Mary a steamship that caught fire, burned then sank near NJ, USA.
April
09 Arundel an USA barge that foundered near Barnegat, NJ, USA.
30 Crissy a vessel that was stranded near St. Esprit Island, NS, Canada.
May
30 L T Whitmore a vessel that caught fire, burnt, then sank near Spencer Island, NS, Canada.
June
04 Grace D Chambers a vessel that was stranded near Cranberry Island Light, NS, Canada.
08 Artensis an English ship that was stranded near Seaside Park, NJ, USA.
08 Ellen & Mary a vessel that was stranded near Canso Harbour, NS, Canada.
26 Stormount a steel steam schooner, that was stranded near Gull Ledge, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Philadelphia, PA to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
July
04 Fernfield a vessel that was stranded near Louisbourg Harbour, NS, Canada.
17 C W Morse a steamship that disappeared near NJ, USA.
20 Annie Coggins a vessel that foundered near Avonport, NS, Canada.
20 Number Eight an USA schooner that collided with the Cronus near Sea Girt, NJ, USA.
21 Vesta a wooden schooner that foundered near Seal Island, NS, Canada’ She was enroute from Liverpool, NS, Canada to New York, NY, USA.
23 Tyne a steel steamer that was stranded near Old Proprietor Ledge, NS, Canada
24 H B Cousins a vessel that was stranded near Seal Island , NS, Canada.
25 Brazos an USA steamship that collided with the Suffolk, near Barnegat, NJ, USA
25 Suffolk that collided with Brazos an USA steamship near Barnegat, NJ, USA
28 74H a vessel that was grounded on Sandy Hook near NJ, USA
30 George E Walcott an USA schooner that caught fire, burned then sank near Black Tom Basin, NJ, USA.
30 Mule a vessel that foundered near Prim Point, NS, Canada
30 Theodore a barge that caught fire, burned then sank near Jersey City, NJ, USA.
August
05 Hujo a fishing boat that sank near Santa Catalina Island, CA, USA. Further details available here: Islapedia
06 Sam & George a USA freighter vessel that caught firem burned then sank near Absecon Inlet, NJ, USA.
12 Hercules a vessel that wrecked near Yarmouth, NS, Canada.
12 Sandfjord a steel steam schooner that was stranded near Sydney Harbour, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Wabana, NF, UK to Sydney, NS, Canada.
13 Island Gem a vessel that was stranded near Minas Channel, NS, Canada.
16 Clifford J White a vessel that foundered near Spectacle Island Ledge, NS, Canada.
26 Great Bear a vessel that struck Pinnacle Rock 7 miles south of St. Matthews Island, AK, USA They were ob a rescue mission to save a government school teacher who was stranded and in danger of starving. Further details here: Colorado Historic Newspapers
29 Memphis a military cruiser sank at Santo Domingo, DR She was commanded by Captain Edward L. Beach was shipwrecked due to a tidal wave, 40 crew were killed and 204 were injured.
September
01 Maggie W a vessel that foundered near Cape Smoky, NS, Canada.
02 Ada Pearl a vessel that was stranded in the Salmon River, NS, Canada.
23 Mikado a vessel that was stranded near St. Mary’s Bay, NS, Canada
25 Hattie a barge that sank due to its towing vessel being disabled near Long Branch, NJ, USA.
25 Salem an USA barge that sank due to towing vessel was disabled near Long Branch, NJ, USA.
29 Charley Troop a vessel that foundered near Walton, NS, Canada.
30 Norwalk a vessel that was stranded near Hadley Point, NS, Canada
October
01 Alex Anderson a vessel that foundered near Seal Island, NS, Canada.
01 Arneac a vessel that foundered near Seal Island, NS, Canada.
08 Strathdene a Scottish freighter that was torpedoed by U-53 a Gernab Submarine near Nantucket Lightship, NJ, USA.
12 Coral Leaf a vessel that foundered near Parrsboro Roads, NS, Canada.
12 Lillie E Melancon a vessel that was stranded near Parkers Cove, NS, Canada.
13 Annie Pearl a vessel that was stranded at Minas Basin, NS, Canada.
13 Hersey D Taylor a motor vessel that was stranded near Cape May Jetty, NJ, USA.
16 Helen Hasbrook a vessel that foundered near NS, Canada.
16 J R Bodwell an USA schooner that foundered then sank near Sandy Hook, NJ, USA.
22 Estella F a motor vessel that was fouled in a fishing net near Seaside Park, NJ, USA.
30 Anna an USA gas yacht, that was stranded near Ocean City, NJ, USA
November
01 Florence E Melancon a vessel that was stranded near Brier Island, NS, Canada.
01 Rose a barge that sank in the Maurice River, NJ, USA.
04 Stella a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near the strait of Canso, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Charlestown, PEI, Canada to Glace Bay, NS, Canada.
08 Mystic a schooner that foundered near NJ, USA.
16 Wade Hampton an USA steamship that foundered near Cape May, NJ, USA.
23 L N Ellis a vessel that was stranded near Dartmouth Ledge, NS, Canada.
29 Premier a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near Cranberry Island, NS, Canada she was enroute from Gloucester, MA, USA to Canso, NS, Canada.
December
08 Carrie E Look a schooner that sank near Perth Amboy, NJ, USA.
10 Altona a vessel that was stranded near Prospect, NS, Canada
12 Pansy a wooden sail schooner that foundered near Parrsboro Roads, NS, Canada
12 USS Sumner a German military troop transit, that was stranded near Barnegat Shoal, NJ, USA.
14 Jost a vessel that foundered near Minas Channel, Spencer Island, NS, Canada.
15 Juno an English steamship that was stranded in a snowstorm near Little Egg Inlet, NJ, USA.
16 Dawson a vessel that was stranded near Lockeport, NS, Canada.
16 Daylight a vessel that was stranded near Inhabitants Bay, NS, Canada.
16 Hazel a vessel that was stranded near North Sydney Harbour, NS, Canada.
16 Hippolyte a vessel that was stranded near Clarks Harbour, NS, Canada.
16 Lydia L a vessel that was stranded near Little Wood Island, NS, Canada.
16 Lily M Hodge a vessel that was stranded near Lockeport Harbour, NS, Canada.
16 Mariana a vessel that was stranded near Lockeport Harbour, NS, Canada
16 Nellie J Banks a a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near in Lockeport Harbour, NS, Canada
16 Two Sisters a wooden sailing schooner that was stranded near Parrsboro, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Saint John, NB to Economy, NS, Canada.
17 Nethtis a bark that was lost in a storm on the Atlantic Ocean near NJ, USA.
19 Mary F Fleming a vessel that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean near NS, Canada.
19 William Mason a vessel that foundered near Meteghan, NS, Canada. 7 ilves were lost. Sje was enroute from New York, NY, USA.
22 Sam Slick a sail schooner that was stranded near Bay View, Digby Strait, NS, Canada
23 Alcaea a vessel that was stranded near Yarmouth, NS, Canada
25 Palmette a wooden sail schooner that was stranded near Clarks Harbour, NS, Canada. She was enroute from Clarks Harbour, NS, Canada to Gloucester, MA, USA.
28 Gary a vessel that ran up on the rocks near Santa Catalina Island, CA. USA. Further details available here Islapedia
29 Lena F Oxner a vessel that foundered near Liverpool, NS, Canada.
Abbreviations
- AK = Alaska
- CA = California
- DR = Dominican Republic
- MA = Massachusetts
- NB = New Brunswick
- NF = Newfoundland
- NJ = New Jersey
- NS = Nova Scotia
- NY = New York
- OR = Oregon
- PA = Pennsylvania
- TX = Texas
- UK = United Kingdom
- USA = United States of America