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Steamship George Washington Causes Coal Spill In East River
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keywords: Maritime Disaster, Environmental Disaster, Coal Cars
Synopsis: Bumping a sea-going freight yard the Steamship George Washington causes thousands of tons of coal in freight cars to drop into the bay...(read more)
- Date: 1931
- Duration: 00:00:33
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Steamship George Washington Causes Coal Spill In East River
Thousands of tons of sorely needed fuel in coal cars go to bottom when steamship George Washington rams sea-going freight yard off large industrial center in Long Island City, New York. Gondolas were overturned and their contents lost, but the great passenger craft is able to proceed for repairs under her own power.
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- Newsreels: 1931 - January 12
