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SS General Warren
was an American steamship that operated on the Pacific Coast until she wrecked off the Oregon Coast in 1852. Named after General Joseph Warren her early history is unknown, but she began Pacific service in October 1850 under the ownership of Garrison & Fritz in Panama. On January 28, 1852, she departed Astoria, Oregon bound for San Francisco under the command of Captain Charles Thompson with 52 people and a cargo of largely farm goods aboard. After crossing Clatsop Spit, she encountered heavy weather and began taking on water. Gibbs, p. 121 On the morning of the 29th, she made a course back to the Columbia River, and in the afternoon boarded pilot George Flavel, who had brought her out the previous day. By evening the ebb tide was flowing strongly out from the river, and ''General Warren'' took on water while struggling to cross the spit, leading Captain Thompson to order her run aground on the sand. As the ship took heavy damage from the wind and waves, at about three in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 – June 17, 1775), a Founding Father of the United States, was an American physician who was one of the most important figures in the Patriot movement in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775, to leave Boston and spread the alarm that the British garrison in Boston was setting out to raid the town of Concord and arrest rebel leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Warren participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord the following day, the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Warren had been commissioned a major general in the colony's militia shortly before the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. Rather than exercise his rank, Warren chose to participate in the battle as a private soldier, and was killed in combat when British troops stormed the redoubt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
