S.S. TURRIALBA, port view, ashore, Jersey beach, December 24, 1912.

gelatin glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
USA, NJ
1912-12-24
glass
5 x 7 in.

Gelatin glass negative of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; neg. #3818; port view of S.S. TURRIALBA ashore at North Brigantine Shoal, Jersey beach, December 24, 1912.British, owned by United Fruit Co.; cargo: 2000 bags coffee, 1000 general, 35,000 bushels bananas, 57 passengers; on passage from Jamaica to New York, she was stranded during N.E. snow storm, 3 miles off shore; lightered general cargo and coffee, overboard 30,000 bushels bananas.


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