Prinzess Irene Ashore at Fire Island

Collection: This image is from the A. Noble Chapman Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of the A. Noble Chapman Photographs

Date: April 6, 1911; 1911-04-06 Material: unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 5 x 7 inches (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (print); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: A. Noble Chapman Identifier: aql:10852 anc-000266 anc-000266.tif

Description: On April 6, 1911, the German ocean liner "Prinzess Irene" struck a sand bar off Fire Island one mile east of Lone Hill (now Fire Island Pines.) She was carrying 1725 passengers, a crew of 263, and a large general cargo. Life saving units from Lone Hill, Point O'Woods, and Blue Point transferred all passengers to the liner Prince Frederick in the space of a few hours. Tugboats worked to free the ship, which was floated after 83 hours and was assisted to harbor in Hoboken, having suffered only minor damage.

Title : Prinzess Irene Ashore at Fire Island

Collection : aql:10776; vital:1

Creator : A. Noble Chapman

Date : April 6, 1911; 1911-04-06

Summary/Description : On April 6, 1911, the German ocean liner "Prinzess Irene" struck a sand bar off Fire Island one mile east of Lone Hill (now Fire Island Pines.) She was carrying 1725 passengers, a crew of 263, and a large general cargo. Life saving units from Lone Hill, Point O'Woods, and Blue Point transferred all passengers to the liner Prince Frederick in the space of a few hours. Tugboats worked to free the ship, which was floated after 83 hours and was assisted to harbor in Hoboken, having suffered only minor damage.

Subject : Ocean liners; Beaches

Relation : This image is from the A. Noble Chapman Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, prints, and digital image.; Image is part of the A. Noble Chapman Photographs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Near Lone Hill (now Fire Island Pines), Fire Island, NY Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) Fire Island Pines (N.Y.) Suffolk County (N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white prints; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver prints; 5 x 7 inches (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (print); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:10852 anc-000266 anc-000266.tif