This week we discuss a fatal incident involving the cargo vessel Karina C while she was docked in Seville, Spain, on May 24th 2019. We discuss guidelines, precautions, and how they don't mean anything without a culture of safety on board.

Sources:

Marine Accident Investigation Branch. "Crush incident on general cargo vessel Karina C with loss of 1 life." https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5fbfaf60d3bf7f572e8cbf43/2020-18-Karina-C.pdf

Maritime Executive. "Report: Alcohol Contributed to Fatal Crushing Accident on Freighter." 27 Nov 2020. https://maritime-executive.com/article/report-alcohol-contributed-to-fatal-crushing-accident-on-freighter

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**no main episode this week, but we're unlocking a bonus for you**

The January 2022 bonus episode, a continuation of our Part 1 discussion prison hulks in the British empire, with an emphasis on their use in Australia. 

Hosty, Kieran and Bridget Berry. "Convict Hulks." Sydney Living Museums. https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/convict-hulks

McKay, Anna. "A Day in the Life: Convicts on board Prison Hulks." https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/10/10/a-day-in-the-life-convicts-on-board-prison-hulks/

Stavely-Wadham, Rose. "'Colleges of Villainy' - Life Onboard the Prison Hulks." The British Newspaper Archive, 31 Mar 2021. https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/03/31/life-onboard-a-prison-hulk/

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We're celebrating Halloween in style with some spooky stories of the Eastland, the Kamloops, and the ghosts of Maryland's Point Lookout. And we're joined by returning champion Kaylee!

Sources:

"Chicago Hauntings: The Ghosts of the Eastland." CBS Chicago, 26 Oct 2021. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-hauntings-ghosts-eastland-disaster/

Coleman, Dorcas. "The Spirits of Point Lookout." Maryland Department of Natural Resources, https://dnr.maryland.gov/Pages/Spirits-of-Point-Lookout.aspx

Eastland Disaster Historical Society. https://eastlanddisaster.org/people/

Flavion, Gary. "Civil War Prison Camps: Suffering and Survival." American Battlefield Trust, https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-prison-camps?ms=googlegrant&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwfiaBhC7ARIsAGvcPe7F4qhLTgFcOTMP7ddXg_Hp7I4EsOH4F4Ixss_zUU0r0RFYk53-kQUaAiZkEALw_wcB

Higgins, David M. "Scariest stories of the Chesapeake Bay Region." The Southern Maryland Chronicle, 10 Oct 2018. https://southernmarylandchronicle.com/2018/10/10/scariest-stories-of-the-chesapeake-bay-region-part-5-point-lookout-state-park/ 

Newkirk, Greg. "Meet Old Whitey, the Preserved Corpse of the SS Kamloops, Lake Superior's Most Haunted Shipwreck." Week In Weird, 27 Nov 2016. https://weekinweird.com/2016/11/27/old-whitey-preserved-corpse-kamloops/

"Point Lookout: America's Most Haunted Lighthouse." Unexplained Cases, 21 Feb 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKY6arZH9v8

Taylor, Troy. "The Eastland Disaster." American Hauntings, 24 Jan 2016. http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-eastland-disaster.html

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This week we are excited and honored to be joined by Professor Karen Barton to further discuss the Senegalese RORO ferry Le Joola. Professor Barton has been an enormously important voice in sharing the story of Le Joola with an English-speaking audience on a wider scale and we are so grateful to her for spending some time answering our questions. 

Sources:

Barton, Karen Samantha. Africa’s Joola Shipwreck: Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster. Lexington Books, 2020.

Barton, Karen. "The Joola: The Geographical Dimensions of Africa's Greatest Shipwreck." Focus on Geography.
www.focusongeography.org/publications/articles/joola/index.html
^this is the interactive article referred to in the episode

Commission d'enquete technique sur les causes du naufrage du Joola. 4 Nov 2002. https://www.au-senegal.com/IMG/pdf/joola_041102.pdf

Peltier, Elian. "Deadlier Than The Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived." New York Times, 25 Sept 2022. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/world/africa/senegal-ferry-joola.html
^this article is also available in PDF form in a public post on Patreon

Additional Resources:

The Joola: Africa's Titanic (BBC documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW84OZeXJog

"Report blames army for delay in Joola rescue." The New Humanitarian, 6 Nov 2002. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/35577/senegal-report-blames-army-delay-joola-rescue

Wiley, Pat. The Sinking of the MV Le Joola, Africa’s Titanic: True Story from One of the Worst Maritime Disasters in History. First Steps Publishing, 2013.

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This week we're on Lake Erie again to discuss the sinking of the wooden-hulled steam barge Margaret Olwill near Kelley's Island in 1899.

Don't miss Tanner's livestream appearance on OTD Canadian Military History (@OTDCanMilHis), discussing the Battle of Lake Erie from the War of 1812 - Tuesday, October 18th @ 7 PM Eastern Time. 

Sources:

Boyer, Dwight. Ships and Men of the Great Lakes. 1977

Johnston, Laura. "New shipwreck of Margaret Olwill discovered in Lake Erie." Rock the Lake, 15 Mar 2018. https://www.rockthelake.com/buzz/2018/03/new-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-erie/

"Margaret Olwill (+1899)." Wrecksite. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?216342

Patch, David. "Long-sought ship that sank more than 100 years ago found in Lake Erie." Toledo Blade, 15 Mar 2018. https://www.toledoblade.com/State/2018/03/15/Ship-that-sank-more-than-100-years-ago-found-in-Lake-Erie.html

"Sacramento." Great Lakes Vessel History. https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/s/sacramento

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This week we discuss the sinking of the craft designated SIEV-221 at Christmas Island (Australia) on December 15 2010.

Sources:

Hope, Alastair Neil. "Inquest..." Coroner's Court of Western Australia, 23 Feb 2012. https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Christmas_Island_Findings.pdf

Needham, Kirsty. "Asylum boat deaths avoidable, coroner rules." Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Feb 2012. https://www.smh.com.au/national/asylum-boat-deaths-avoidable-coroner-rules-20120223-1tqt7.html

O'Brien, Natalie. "Dirty tricks aboard a doomed boat." Sydney Morning Herald, 21 May 2011. https://www.smh.com.au/national/dirty-tricks-aboard-a-doomed-boat-20110520-1ewi1.html

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This week we're on Lake Erie to discuss one of the Great Lakes' most enduring mysteries - the fate of the train ferry Marquette & Bessemer No. 2, lost in December 1909. 

Sources:

Boyer, Dwight. Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes. Dodd, Mead, and Co. 1968.

"Captain Robert Rowan McLeod." History of the Great Lakes, https://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/HGL2/default.asp?ID=s800

Feather, Carl E. "Still lost after all these years." Star Beacon, 27 May 2012. https://www.starbeacon.com/community/still-lost-after-all-these-years/article_afd3b3fe-63f3-5f20-989d-cc32ec3087b4.html

Johnston, Laura. "Phantom ship hides in Lake Erie." Cleveland.com, 05 Nov 2018. https://www.cleveland.com/news/erry-2018/11/e7fd7cda265617/phantom-ship-hides-in-lake-eri.html#incart_river_index

"The Marquette and Bessemer Dock and Navigation Company." Bessemer and Lake Erie Archives, https://blearchive.weebly.com/car-ferries.html

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This week we're joined by Brianna (@brinnabea), who's going to teach us a thing or two about weather on the Great Lakes and how it correlates with peak times for shipwrecks during the year. 

Relevant charts, graphs, and slides will be posted to Patreon. 

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In this episode, the Fabulous Breaker Boys answer listener questions and discuss the podcast up to this point. 

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In this episode, Taylor is joined by Darcy to discuss the sinking of the charter fishing vessel Muff Diver on August 9th, 1987. This is a more lighthearted episode than we typically have, but still with lessons to be taken from the incident about disaster preparedness, communication,  and the management of crew and passengers during a voyage. 

Sources:

Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of Delaware and Maryland. Gary Gentile Productions, 1990.

"Market size of the fishing boat charter sector in the United States from 2010 to 2022." Statista.com, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1176833/fishing-boat-charter-industry-market-size-us/

Tatum, Tom. "Facing that sinking feeling." Daily Local News, 19 Aug 2021. https://www.dailylocal.com/2007/08/21/facing-that-sinking-feeling/

"Thomas Joseph Reilly." Tribute Archive. https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21544139/Thomas-Joseph-Riley/Edgewater/Maryland/George-P-Kalas-Funeral-Home

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