S.S. Atlantic
1 April 1873
The greatest loss of life in a single North Atlantic tragedy
between 1707 and 1912
Photographs of Memorial
Star of the Sea cemetery Lower Prospect
Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia
GPS location: 44°27’48″N 63°43’20″W
How to get there: See map below
Photographed on 15 November 2002
Photographed on 15 November 2002
Photographed on 15 November 2002
Map showing location of the S.S. Atlantic memorials
at Sandy Cove and Lower Prospect, Halifax County.
In the spring of 1873 Ancient attracted worldwide attention
for his involvement in one of the most spectacular North Atlantic
marine disasters of the late 19th century… He was honoured by
the government of Canada, the Humane Society of Massachusetts,
and the Citizens’ Relief Committee of Chicago…
Wreck of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Wrecks/wreckatlantic1873.html
History of the White Star Line
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/whitestar.html
Loss of the Atlantic, 1873
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emarj/genealogy/ships/atlantic1873.html
Lost at Sea
http://www.lostatsea.ca/atlantic.htm
S.S. Atlantic 1873: memorial at Sandy Cove Terence Bay
https://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/ssatlanhrm.html
S.S. Atlantic: An account of the disaster On March 31st Captain Williams
and third officer C. L. Brady were at the bridge till midnight, there was
a heavy sea running and it was very dark…
http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/
great-disasters.asp?articleid=1&zoneid=1
S.S. Atlantic Heritage Park Sandy Cove, Terence Bay
http://www.ssatlantic.com/
S.S. Atlantic: Recent photographs of the wreck, August 2002
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/EastCoastDive/ssa.htm
Burial service, Victims of Wreck of SS. Atlantic, Lower Prospect, April 1873
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/exhibit.asp?ID=42
S.S. Atlantic Extracts from Loss of the Steam Ship Atlantic published 1873
http://www.skiphowlett.com/Web_Page/Atlantic.htm
Treacherous Waters
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/ND01/alacarte.html
