New boots, soles blown off - the man beneath them looked peacefully asleep
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New boots, soles blown off - the man beneath them looked peacefully asleep
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The image of a man floating face-up with new pegged boots whose soles and heels had been blown clean away captures the random cruelty of one afternoon in San Pedro Bay; fragments of the Ada Hancock landed up to three-quarters of a mile away, yet one body appeared almost undisturbed - who could explain that contrast? What really destroyed the vessel and where did the missing money go?
In this episode, we tell the story of the Ada Hancock: who was aboard, how the harbor tender was used that day, the aftermath on the water and shore, and the unanswered questions about lost lives and vanished cash - how did a routine run end in such total destruction and immediate theft?
Date: April 27, 1863
Location: San Pedro Bay
Event: Explosion and destruction of the Ada Hancock
Person: Phineas Banning
Amount: $40,000 in cash carried by two messengers
- 53 people boarded the Ada Hancock on the afternoon of April 27, 1863.
- At least 26 of those aboard never reached shore alive.
- Fragments of the vessel landed as far as three-quarters of a mile away on a distant island.
- William Ritchie carried $10,000 for Wells Fargo and Fred E. Kerlin carried $30,000 in greenbacks; none of that money was ever accounted for.
- Phineas Banning, owner of the Ada Hancock, was thrown many feet into the air and survived with minor injuries while his wife was wounded.
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