Английская Википедия:Hope Haynes
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The Hope Haynes was a ship notable for causing a massive fire and gas explosion in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1905.
Ship information
The schooner Hope Haynes was a wooden three masted type, home ported in Bath, Maine. Built in 1880, it weighed 216 gross tons, was Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, Шаблон:Convert in depth and was constructed in Wiscasset, Maine.[1]
1905 Bridgeport incident
On 30 July 1905, the Pequonnock River flooded from a massive storm which dumped over Шаблон:Convert of rain in one day and also burst several reservoirs north of the city.[2] The Hope Haynes was torn from her moorings and smashed into the Congress Street Bridge, tearing out electrical wiring and thus setting a fire which spread to and ignited a broken gas main. There was a large explosion and the ship also caught on fire, but was soon put out.[3]
Later service
The ship was rebuilt in 1908 in Mystic, Connecticut was renamed Mystic in 1916 when it was sold for $12,000 to a Captain Mueller for use as a cargo ship to Cape de Verde.[4]
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