Lot 009 – UNITED STATES: Wreck Mail: 1886 U.S.S. OREGON ,Ireland to San Francisco, blue green envelope

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UNITED STATES: Wreck Mail: 1886 U.S.S. OREGON ,Ireland to San Francisco, blue green envelope .bearing N.Y.P.O. label detailing the mail delay. On reverse, New York APR 12 86 transit. The U.S.S. Oregon was passenger liner owned by the Cunard line, sank 14 March 1886The ship was a 520-foot transatlantic inbound from Liverpool that purportedly collided with the schooner Charles H. Morse, 26 miles off Fire Island, New York. The Charles H. Morse disappeared with all hands about the same time. Two hours after the collision the crew abandoned ship with 852 passengers. There was only one fatality, a cricketer Charles Waller who fell overboard and drowned. There were only enough life boats for about half the passengers. the pilot boat Phantom and the schooner Fannie A. Gorham responded to Oregon’s flares and boarded all passengers and crew. between them . All passengers were later transferred to the SS Fulda of Norddeutscher Lloyd. This letter addressed to the S. Sherman & Co. in San Francisco .
…Est. Cash Val. $200 – 300