| "OLYMPIC" RAMS LIGHTSHIP Liner "Olympic" cuts right through the lightship "Nantucket" in a dense fog. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5519 |
| Catalog #: | 253499 | |
| Clip Number: | 253499-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/43 | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:36 - 01:56:45 | |
| Location: | New York, United States. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Boating accident, Shipwreck DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York State TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Passenger Liners | |
| Description: | ""OLYMPIC" RAMS LIGHTSHIP - The 47,000-ton liner cuts right through the "Nantucket" in a dense fog." New York, United States of America (USA). Several shots of huge liner 'Olympic' at a dock in New York. Several shots of the members of the crew of destroyed lightship Nantucket, one of the men has bandaged head. Captain of the liner is standing with them. Men state that all happened so quickly and in the fog and they could not tell at this stage what went wrong. The Captain says that he and his crew did all they could to help the survivors. Injured man confirms it. ["Olympic," the largest ship afloat from her 1910 launch until the launch of the Titanic from the same yard, was at the time of the accident serving in the Cunard White Star Line (Cunard and White Star having merged in 1933). In the accident, seven of nine crew aboard the lightship were killed, and Cunard White Star held responsible for accident. They were fined $500,000.] | |
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