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.
Read more about this topic: Elizabeth M
Famous quotes containing the word tragedy:
“Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“It is comedy which typifies, where it is tragedy which individualizes; where tragedy observes the nice distinctions between man and man, comedy stresses those broad resemblances which make it difficult to tell people apart.”
—Harry Levin (b. 1912)
“A tragedy need not have blood and death: It’s enough ... that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)