Tragedy
The Braddock bound Elizabeth M was pushing six barges through the lock when the strong current of the river pushed the tug and its load over the dam. High water was partly blamed for the incident. Three of the seven crew managed to escape the sinking ship, but three perished, and the last was found weeks later inside the sunken vessel when the ship was raised from the bottom of the river. The sinking of the Elizabeth M is one of the most recent maritime disasters on the Ohio.
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