Keywords: Passengers on shore beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitz Hugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915 (THWAITES 148).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image S S Mariposa Oct 8 1915 PH Coll 247 492<br/>Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitz Hugh Sound She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR towed south and drydocked at the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co on November 15 The passengers were rescued within two hours and landed at Ketchikan Subjects LCTGM Mariposa Ship ; Lifeboats--British Columbia; Ship accidents--British Columbia; Rescues--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound; Luggage; Fitz Hugh Sound B C ; Alaska Steamship Co --People--British Columbia; Alaska Steamship Co --Equipment supplies--British Columbia Subjects LCSH Shipwreck victims--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound depicted place Canada--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound 1915 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 148 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW255 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Lifeboats Luggage |