Anyone have access to Harper's Weekly (on-line)? The closet library to me is over 200 miles away. I am looking for one page of illustrations in the July 17, 1880 issue. There are 5 illustrations of the "Burning of the Seawanhaka". The paddlewheel steamer burned on the East River, NYC on June 28, 1880. Forty lives were lost including my gg grandfather Thomas Flanagan. Rob
Rob Stieglitz wrote: > Anyone have access to Harper's Weekly (on-line)? The closet library to me > is over 200 miles away. Do you mean the closest library that has Harper's Weekly is 200 miles away or are you so isolated that the closest library is that far away. If you do have a local libray you can request either a photocopy of the illustration or the microfilm of Harpers can be sent to your local library through inter-library loan. > I am looking for one page of illustrations in the > July 17, 1880 issue. There are 5 illustrations of the "Burning of the > Seawanhaka". The paddlewheel steamer burned on the East River, NYC on June > 28, 1880. Forty lives were lost including my gg grandfather Thomas > Flanagan. An illustration of the burning ship can be found at: <http://www.mmp-pmr.org/> the web site of the International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots which was formed as a result of the burning of the "Seawanhaka" Gerry Wright ZoneZebra Productions San Francisco
In soc.genealogy.misc Rob Stieglitz <rstieglitz@prodigy.net> sez: : Anyone have access to Harper's Weekly (on-line)? The closet library to me : is over 200 miles away. I am looking for one page of illustrations in the : July 17, 1880 issue. There are 5 illustrations of the "Burning of the : Seawanhaka". The paddlewheel steamer burned on the East River, NYC on June : 28, 1880. Forty lives were lost including my gg grandfather Thomas : Flanagan. Have you tried the search engines? I found a dozen hits on Google searching for "burning Seawanhaka" - you might try that and see if any illustrations turn up. -- Paul Havemann (paul@havemann.com) Havemann Family History: http://www.havemann.com/