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Sinking of the Lady Elgin

Date:	09 22 1860
Description:	Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ...

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Extricating the Dead and Wounded

Date:	06 12 1899
Description:	Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac...

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