Meet Kirkland historian and explorer, Matthew McCauley. He will discuss the tragic sinking of the SS Pacific off the coast of Cape Flattery in 1875. To this day, it is considered to be one of the worst disasters in West-Coast maritime history. When the SS Pacific sank, all but two of the estimated four-hundred passengers and crew died. Valuables equivalent to millions of dollars today vanished into 1000-foot waters. Now, after a decades-long search, the wreckage of the SS Pacific is believed to have been found. Matthew is an underwater explorer and historian, president of the Northwest Shipwreck Alliance, and writes frequently on Pacific Northwest maritime history and early Kirkland. More info: The Discovery of the SS Pacific Shipwreck | Events | King County Library System (bibliocommons.com)
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