The Northern Pacific on Fire Island (1919)

On the 3rd of January, 1919 the New York Times included the following editorial: “Where, or rather on whom, the responsibility for the grounding lies it is now too soon to discuss, but it is a grave one, and its nature is hinted by the wonder why the steamer was so far out of her course and why she went ashore that has been expressed by the fishermen and other seafaring folk who know the nature of the bottom off Fire Island. The fog was the immediate cause, but it is not an adequate explanation, for several other vessels successfully found their way through it and into port.”Ship Name: Northern Pacific Ship Type: Steam Turbine Transport Tonnage: 8225Year Built: 1914Nationality: United States of America Year Wrecked: 1919 Location Wrecked: Fire Island, New York Reason for Wreck: Faulty Navigation in Fog Lives Lost: 2 Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=LeNHAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Northern+Pacific+William+Cramp+and+Sons&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/northern-pacific.htmlhttps://books.google.com/books?id=iDwtdGXDjR8C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=northern+pacific+1919+court+martial&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-jan-02-1919-p-3/https://newspaperarchive.com/altoona-mirror-jan-04-1919-p-1/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/02/issue.htmlhttps://newspaperarchive.com/iowa-city-citizen-jan-02-1919-p-1/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/03/issue.htmlhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/19/97102132.html?pageNumber=3https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/01/04/102843993.html?pageNumber=1https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-jan-03-1919-p-2/https://newspaperarchive.com/north-adams-transcript-jan-02-1919-p-1/