The San Rafael Sinks Into the Fog (1901)

The Sausalito and the San Rafael were like old friends. They were both built in New York and then shipped in pieces to San Francisco to serve as ferries between Sausalito and San Francisco for the North Pacific Coast Railroad. Since the San Rafael had departed San Francisco, the Sausalito should have also departed Sausalito headed to San Francisco around the same time. Captain McKenzie of the San Rafael knew that they should meet with the Sausalito at some point, but with the dense fog all he could do was ring the bell and occasionally stop the ship to look for a sign of the other ferry. Ship Name: San Rafael  Year Built: 1877 Tonnage: 692 Nationality: United States of America  Ship Type: Wooden Hulled Steam Ferry  Year Sank: 1901 Location Sank: Off the Island of Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay  Reason for Sinking: Collision in the Fog Lives Lost: Between 3-5 Depending on Source.    Sources:  https://books.google.com/books?id=MZQ-AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA7-PA100&dq=san+rafael+ferry+1901&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJp8Tnmtr9AhVqmIkEHZ-kDHQQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=san%20rafael%20ferry%201901&f=false https://web.archive.org/web/20130207014515/http://www.marinhistory.org/article_FerryWreck.html https://books.google.com/books?id=xLcKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=san+rafael+ferry+1901&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_gaf-mtr9AhUmjIkEHeXECA44ChDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=san%20rafael%20ferry%201901&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=nkZuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1900&dq=san+rafael+ferry+1901&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_gaf-mtr9AhUmjIkEHeXECA44ChDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=san%20rafael%20ferry%201901&f=false https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ANTIOCH-A-ferry-with-a-storied-past-Aging-2592474.php https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=73476 https://sananselmohistory.org/articles/a-look-back/sinking-of-ferry-boat/ https://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2022-columns/2022/2/9/the-notorious-ferry-sausalito https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/12/02/119084836.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-dec-21-1901-p-8/ https://newspaperarchive.com/san-francisco-call-dec-01-1901-p-37/ https://newspaperarchive.com/honolulu-pacific-commercial-advertiser-dec-10-1901-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-dec-02-1901-p-2/