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SS Stonington
The SS ''Stonington'' was a passenger paddle steamer of the Stonington Line that collided with the on June 11, 1880, in Long Island Sound.
The ''Stonington'' had taken on a full list of passengers in Stonington, Connecticut at 9 or 10 pm.〔"Long Island Sound, CT Two Steamers Collide, June 1880." (available online )〕 Later that evening at around 11:30 pm, in heavy fog, she collided with her sister ship the ''Narragansett'' near the mouth of the Connecticut River. The ''Stonington'' was damaged, but was able to return to a port and took no casualties. The ''Narragansett'' had a huge gash in the side of her hull, and caught fire, burning rapidly. Many of the passengers asleep in their staterooms were unable to escape, resulting in 30 to 70 lives lost on board.〔
Significant controversy followed the collision, as the captains of the two ships gave different accounts of the accident and the events leading up to it, and the crew of the ''Narragansett'' faced accusations of neglecting its duty.〔''New York Times.'' "THE CRASH ON THE SOUND; INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE NARRAGANSETT." July 17, 1880. The article summarizes or quotes testimony from both captains. (available online )〕
==Historical note==
One of the passengers on the ''Stonington'' was Charles J. Guiteau who, just over a year later, assassinated President James A. Garfield. Guiteau was on deck at the time of the collision, and afterwards believed that he had been miraculously spared to punish Garfield.〔Candice Millard, ''Destiny of the Republic: a Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President.'' New York: Doubleday, 2011, ISBN 9780385526265. (Prologue).〕
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