| 词条 | 1958 East River collision |
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On the morning of June 25, 1958, two ships collided in the East River in New York City, resulting in a fire, a gasoline spill, and the deaths of two crewmembers. IncidentThe vessels involved in the incident were the Nebraska, a {{convert|431|ft|m}} cargo ship owned by Swedish company Rederi A/B Transatlantic, and the Empress Bay, a {{convert|197|ft|m}} tanker owned by New York–based Petroleum Tankers Corporation.[1] At the time of the collision, Nebraska was bound south from New Haven, Connecticut to Newark, New Jersey with a cargo of automobiles and Empress Bay was outbound from Bayonne, New Jersey to Mount Vernon, New York with {{convert|280,000|gal|l}} of gasoline.[1] At 00:22 local time, Nebraska rammed Empress Bay amidships, triggering an explosion of gasoline aboard the tanker and spilling oil that ignited on the surface of the river.[1] The ships collided almost directly under the Manhattan Bridge, and flames reached about {{convert|150|ft|m}} upwards to scorch the bridge's deck and damage subway tracks.[2] Two tugboats, eight New York Fire Department fireboats, and eleven Coast Guard patrol boats responded to the collision, and the fire was controlled by about 01:15.[1] The spread of the gasoline slick led the Coast Guard to close the river in the area until the middle of the day, and smoking was banned on the waterfront until that evening.[1] 43[2] people were on board Nebraska and eight on Empress Bay.[1] 37 sailors were injured,[1] and two Empress Bay crewmembers, engineer Thomas Erickson and cook Otto Ahrens, were killed.[1] William Finn, a New York Journal-American photographer, died of a heart attack as he was taking pictures of the disaster.[2] Nebraska remained afloat after the collision and was sailed to a Hudson River pier,[2] while Empress Bay was partially submerged and later completely sank during the early morning of June 26.[3] She was subsequently abandoned by her owners, leaving her the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers.[3] The Corp requested bids from private firms to salvage her, and she was eventually refloated on September 9.[4]References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/06/25/83415745.pdf | title=OIL BARGE EXPLODES IN EAST RIVER AFTER COLLIDING WITH FREIGHTER; MANY INJURED | publisher=The New York Times | date=June 25, 1958 | accessdate=March 27, 2017}} {{1958 shipwrecks}}{{coord missing|New York (state)}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/06/26/91393985.pdf | title=RIVER CRASH TOLL IS 2 LOST, 35 HURT | publisher=The New York Times | date=June 26, 1958 | accessdate=March 27, 2017}} 3. ^1 {{cite web | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/06/27/82706758.pdf | title=INQUIRY TO START IN SHIP COLLISON | publisher=The New York Times | date=June 27, 1958 | accessdate=March 27, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite book | title=Shipwrecks Around New England | publisher=The Lower Cape Publishing Company | author=Quinn, William | year=1979 | location=Orleans, MA | pages=170 | isbn=0-936972-05-X}} 5 : Maritime incidents in 1958|Shipwrecks of the New York (state) coast|1958 in New York City|East River|June 1958 events |
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