A Cold Collision for the Mohawk (1935)

The following testimony can be found in the Safety of Life and Property at Sea Hearing from the March 1935 hearing before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives: “The steamship Mohawk left port with 3 feet of snow piled up around the lifeboats and davits. It has been testified to by various members of the crews that the marine superintendent of the Ward Line was on board the vessel, looking straight at the men, while they piled snow and ice around the davits. It was also testified that various individuals slipped on the snow and ice, into the water...” Ship Name: Mohawk Nationality: United States Ship Type: Steel Hulled Steamship Year Built 1926 Tonnage: 5896 Year Wrecked: 1935 Location Wrecked: Five miles from Sea Girt New Jersey Reason For Wreck: Collision with Talisman due to Steering Malfunction Lives Lost: 45 Sources: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,788538-1,00.html https://books.google.com/books?id=l9xH_9sUuVAC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA1&dq=history+of+the+ward+line+morro+castle+and+mohawk&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q=burnette&f=false https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/02/24/93455013.html?pageNumber=81 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/02/12/issue.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/01/28/93446926.html?pageNumber=3 https://newspaperarchive.com/reno-evening-gazette-jan-28-1935-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/canandaigua-daily-messenger-jan-25-1935-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/lincoln-star-jan-25-1935-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/pottstown-mercury-and-the-pottstown-news-jan-26-1935-p-2/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press/25537092/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/25540462/ https://books.google.com/books?id=ierz4hCNg4MC&pg=PA81&dq=mohawk+talisman+collision&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo7_KcpqeEAxVamYkEHYuqDzsQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=mohawk%20talisman%20collision&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=d52gbXjz9WMC&pg=PA5407&dq=mohawk+talisman+collision&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQmZPOpqeEAxUqjokEHfTWAXY4ChDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=mohawk%20talisman%20collision&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=fCpKf4UFxGwC&pg=RA2-PA171&dq=mohawk+talisman+collision&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX-fn7pqeEAxXykYkEHaZSB-M4FBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=mohawk%20talisman%20collision&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=xfe3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT116&dq=mohawk+talisman+collision&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo7_KcpqeEAxVamYkEHYuqDzsQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=mohawk%20talisman%20collision&f=false