Princess Anne Steamship

The Rockaways.

Built in 1897 for the Old Dominion line, the ship ran aground in the Rockaway Shoals when the Captain missed the entrance to New York Harbor. Despite severe weather, the passengers were all taken to safety, but strangely, the crew refused to leave without their luggage, which could not fit in the life boat. They stayed onboard for nine days, until the ship split in half and the passengers had to be rescued.