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S.S. Atlantic

Oceanic Steam Navigation Company Limited
usually known as the White Star Line

1 April 1873

The greatest loss of life
in a single North Atlantic tragedy
between 1707 and 1912

Photographs of
Memorial

Sandy Cove
Terence Bay
Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia

GPS location:   44°27'56"N   63°42'38"W
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Photographed on 10 November 2002

S.S. Atlantic, Harper's Weekly, 1873

Photographed on 25 August 2003

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Photographed on 10 November 2002

Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
at Sandy Cove and Lower Prospect, Halifax County.

"S.S." means steam ship.

William Johnson Ancient
In the spring  of  1873  Ancient  attracted  worldwide  attention
for his involvement in one of the most spectacular North Atlantic
marine  disasters  of the  late  19th  century...  He was honoured by
the government of Canada, the Humane Society of Massachusetts,
and the  Citizens'  Relief  Committee  of  Chicago...

From interview with Sheree Fitch
Saint John Telegraph-Journal, 23 April 2005


The New Brunswick Reader, 23 April 2005
Saturday insert in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal



Wreck of the S.S. Atlantic, by Currier and Ives

SS Atlantic salvage decision
New York Times, 15 March 1874

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