Wreck of the S.S. Golden Rule, Caribbean Sea, May 30, 1865, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 11, 2015.

Depicted ContentIn the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before

Depicted ContentPassenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Loss of the Central American Transit Company's steamship Golden Rule, Capt. Dennis, on Roncador Reef, Carribean Sea, May 30. - From a sketch by a passenger.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 15, 1865, 265.