Lord Erne - Steam Ship
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On October 31, 1895, this ship sailed from Brunswick, Georgia, for Liverpool with an enormous cargo including 14,028 bales of cotton. The newspaper called her the largest steamship then loaded in the South between Baltimore and New Orleans.
This file appears in: Site 6: Second to Seventh Streets — The 1894 Attack on Black Screwmen's Tools: Masked Men Raid Ships
Site 6: Second to Seventh Streets — The 1894 Attack on Black Screwmen's Tools: Masked Men Raid Ships
On October 26, 1894, 200 men gathered under the cover of night and descended on the port in New Orleans. Some wore handkerchiefs to obscure their faces. Others wore false beards and masks. Armed with…