There h
ave been numerous shipwrecks and nautical disasters in Rhode Island waters dating back to colonial times. These newspaper articles, culled from various sources, represent but a few.
To learn more about Rhode Island shipwrecks, see the book “Rhode Island Shipwrecks”, by Charlotte Taylor. (Arcadia Publishing, “Images of America” series) Copyright, 2017. https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/
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Rhode Island Republican
September 1, 1825
Rhode Island Republican
November 26 1829
Rhode Island Republican
April 8, 1840
New York Herald
January 22, 1875
New York Herald
May 25, 1876
New York Herald
June 14, 1877
The Evening Star, (Wash. DC)
November 6, 1880
Memphis Daily Appeal (Tn.)
November 7, 1880
Providence News
December 26, 1885
The Evening Star, (Wash. DC)
December 28, 1885
The Daily Tobacco Leaf Chronicle
December 29, 1890
The Providence News
August 22, 1893
The Record-Union (Ca.)
October 12, 1894
The Daily Kennebec Journal (Me.)
November 29, 1898
The Corvallis Gazette (Or.)
December 16, 1898
The Providence News
January 2, 1899
The Sun, (N.Y.)
March 5, 1900
The St. Louis Republic
January 22, 1903
New York Tribune
January 22, 1903
The Times Dispatch (Va.)
April 7, 1905
The Daily Kennebec Journal, (Me.)
August 16, 1905
Waterbury Evening Democrat (Ct.)
June 21, 1907
The Sun, (N.Y.)
July 18, 1907
Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Ct.)
April 16, 1909
The Washington Herald
November 10, 1909
Norwich Bulletin (Ct.)
November 18, 1909
Perth Amboy Evening News (NJ)
October 19, 1910
The Barre Daily Times (Vt.)
November 20, 1911
Norwich Bulletin
December 29, 1911
Norwich Bulletin
December 29, 1911
The Evening World, (N.Y.)
February 24, 1912
The Pensacola Journal (Fl.)
August 20, 1912
Norwich Bulletin
October 14, 1912
The Barre Daily Times (Vt.)
March 3, 1914
The Brattleboro Daily Reformer
March 3, 1914
West Virginia Argus
December 10, 1914
Norwich Bulletin (Ct.)
April 6, 1915
The Bennington Evening Banner
June 28, 1917
Barre Daily Times (Vt.)
March 20, 1920
The Evening World, (N.Y.)
June 29, 1922
New York Herald
May 1, 1921
Indiana Daily Times
April 1, 1922
The Alaska Daily Empire
July 22, 1924
New Britain Herald
July 25, 1924
The Alaska Daily Empire
February 11, 1926
New Britain Herald
July 31, 1928
The Evening Star, (Wash. D.C.)
May 27, 1932
The Evening Star (Wash. D.C.)
May 27, 1932
The Evening Star
August 29, 1961
