The New York Times on the 25th of March, 1887 made note of an expected ship being overdue: “The steamship Scotia, of the Fabre Line, due here from Mediterranean ports over a week ago, has not been heard from since she left Gibraltar on Feb. 27. She had on board from 800 to 1,00 passengers, of whom a large number originally sailed on the steamship Burgundia, which was beached near Naples after having been run into by the Italian man-of-war Italia some weeks ago.”
Ship Name: Scotia
Nationality: French
Year Built: 1881
Tonnage: 2492
Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Steamer
Year Wrecked: 1887 as Scotia 1889 as Mars
Location Wrecked: Blue Point Long Island
Reason for Wreck: Navigational Error in Storm
Lives Lost: 1
Sources:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/03/27/100903339.html?pageNumber=3
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/03/25/100902939.html?pageNumber=2
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4484537/4484540/40/burgundia%2BOR%2Bitalia
https://newspaperarchive.com/ogdensburg-journal-mar-26-1887-p-1/
https://newspaperarchive.com/baltimore-sun-mar-28-1887-p-1/
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3027110/3027112/3/italian%2BOR%2Bshipwreck
https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Scotia.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/04/26/100909043.html?pageNumber=8
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/03/29/100903916.html?pageNumber=8
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/03/26/100903083.html?pageNumber=1
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/04/03/100904592.html?pageNumber=3
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4407968/4407971/28/scotia
