The Burning Hera (1899)
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The Hera had her cargo catch fire in the storm but still managed to keep it under control until they could reach Tofino in British Columbia. With rescue in sight however, order began to break down and it took some actual threats from the would be rescuers to get the people on board to stay calm enough to be rescued. Ship name: The Hera Ship Type: Three Masted Wooden Schooner Tonnage: 700 tons Built in: Boston Year Built: 1869 Wrecked: Tofino Harbor, British Columbia Year Wrecked: 1899 Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=HV69BwAAQBAJ&pg=PT100&lpg=PT100&dq=the+hera+wreck+british+columbia&source=bl&ots=y0-r_B99cT&sig=ACfU3U1jl3J-SD_FeChLckp8T5krVuDc1A&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwid0OaSyK30AhXGz4UKHcXMBOMQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=the%20hera%20wreck%20british%20columbia&f=false https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/sunken-schooner-becomes-municipal-heritage-park/article962179/ https://www.tofinotime.com/articles/A-T509-20frm.htm https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=19308 https://www.tofinomuseum.ca/wreck-of-the-hera https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/69524.html https://www.lime.org/documents/publications/free_downloads/shipping-by-air.pdf https://www.lhoist.com/sites/lhoist/files/lna_msds_quicklime_2012-3.pdf https://stjohnhistoricalsociety.org/vol-vii-no-6-february-2006-quicklime-an-essential-material-of-the-colonial-period-david-knight-2006/#:~:text=Quicklime%20reacts%20thermally%20when%20brought,with%20water%2C%20producing%20calcium%20hydroxide.&text=Evidence%20of%20stone%20furnaces%20for,Minoan%20period%2C%20about%201800%20BC
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