Rhode Island Disasters

Tales of Tragedy by Air, Sea and Rail

Jim Ignasher

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2010
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614232803
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

How could a perfectly sound U.S. military fighter plane simply vanish from formation on a training flight? Why did the crew of a speeding train choose death over salvation? What really happened one foggy night in 1929 when the Coast Guard fired on a rumrunner in Narragansett Bay? Do guardian angels really exist? Can an airplane be jinxed? In his latest book, Jim Ignasher chronicles twenty-three long-forgotten tales of disaster in the Ocean State. His research includes declassified government reports, which allow for some stories to be told in their entirety for the first time. Collectively, these tales present heroes and villains, adventure and the human condition, strange happenings and unsolved mysteries.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Sinking of the SS Metis, 1872
• Nine Seconds, 1895
• High Ball! 1916
• The Cape Fear Incident, 1920
• The Mackinac Explosion, 1925
• The Legacy of the S-51, 1925
• The Great Swamp Wreck, 1926
• The Black Duck Affair, 1929
• The Jinxed Airplane, 1934
• A Mysterious Midair Collision over Scituate, 1942
• In the Service of Their Country, 1943
• Thunderbolts Swallowed by Fog, 1943
• Wildcats into the Wind, 1943
• The Case of the Missing “Sub-Killer,” 1944
• A D-Day Mystery at the “Dumplings,” 1944
• One Secret Revealed, Another Kept, 1944
• Rescue at Sea, 1948
• The Strange Disappearance of Lieutenant Commander Albert Foster, 1949
• “This Is Not a Drill!” 1954
• Ten Days before Christmas, 1958
• When a Scorpion Strikes, 1959
• Guardian Angels, 1962
• A Fire Aboard Flight 458, 1982
• Bibliography
• About the Author