Description

On March 7th, 1934 the New York Times reported the following: “The observation was built in 1888, Mr Kuzmier said; adding that deckhands would testify that one side of the boat was so rotten that a rope had to be passed over the deck and fastened to the other side before she could be moored. The boiler leaked badly, he continued, and she had a bad list.”

Ship Name: Observation 

Ship Nationality: United States of America 

Ship Type: Steam Yacht 

Tonnage: 122-Tons 

Year Built: 1888 

Year Wrecked: 1932

Reason For Wreck: Boiler Explosion 

Location Lost: East River, New York 

Lives Lost: 72

Sources: 

https://time.com/archive/6749932/catastrophe-second-greatest/

https://newspaperarchive.com/thomasville-times-enterprise-sep-09-1932-p-1/

https://books.google.com/books?id=zrBnS478jOkC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=observation+ship+boiler+explosion+1932&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58670791

https://newspaperarchive.com/billings-gazette-sep-10-1932-p-1/

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