Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Join Education Director Aimee Bachari for an interview with Daniel F. Harrington, who recounts the gruesome tragedy of the Larchmont Disaster. On February 11, 1907, in one of New England’s worst maritime tragedies, the Larchmont sank in icy waters off Watch Hill after a collision with the three-masted schooner Harry Knowlton.
A former East Providence City Council Member, Harrington began writing on the subject and found the stories of the victims and survivors so interesting that he created an hour-long presentation on the topic and has been touring local libraries and historical societies. You'll hear about murder, suicide, and 7 inches of ice coating the bodies that washed ashore on Block Island.
Throughout the interview you’ll hear references to parts of the story being “a Rhode Island thing.” If you don’t know what that means, think of the classic phrase 6 degrees of separation, but if you’re from little Rhody, it’s really about 2 degrees of separation. A good example of this is that after the interview I shared another RI story I did on my own family’s immigration to America and he said, “D’Amico, I almost married a D’Amico!” We discovered that Daniel was a longtime friend of relatives on my mother’s side! That’s Rhode Island for you!!
You can email Dan at danielfharrington@yahoo.com and his website, larchmontremembered.com is coming soon!
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Join Education Director Aimee Bachari for an interview with Daniel F. Harrington, who recounts the gruesome tragedy of the Larchmont Disaster. On February 11, 1907, in one of New England’s worst maritime tragedies, the Larchmont sank in icy waters off Watch Hill after a collision with the three-masted schooner Harry Knowlton.
A former East Providence City Council Member, Harrington began writing on the subject and found the stories of the victims and survivors so interesting that he created an hour-long presentation on the topic and has been touring local libraries and historical societies. You'll hear about murder, suicide, and 7 inches of ice coating the bodies that washed ashore on Block Island.
Throughout the interview you’ll hear references to parts of the story being “a Rhode Island thing.” If you don’t know what that means, think of the classic phrase 6 degrees of separation, but if you’re from little Rhody, it’s really about 2 degrees of separation. A good example of this is that after the interview I shared another RI story I did on my own family’s immigration to America and he said, “D’Amico, I almost married a D’Amico!” We discovered that Daniel was a longtime friend of relatives on my mother’s side! That’s Rhode Island for you!!
You can email Dan at danielfharrington@yahoo.com and his website, larchmontremembered.com is coming soon!
To learn more about SHIPS visit shiphistory.org/ships.
Subscribe to our channel @ShipHistory
Learn more about SSHSA at www.sshsa.org.
Check out our education program at shiphistory.org/education.
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: facebook.com/SteamshipHistoricalSociety
Twitter: twitter.com/SSHSA
Instagram: instagram.com/shiphistory
