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![[Loss of the Central America--Two illustrations: Mrs. Ellis and her four children in the berth, known as the "birdsnest"; the rescued female passengers of the Central America in the cabin of the brig Marine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvbG9zcy1vZi10aGUtY2VudHJhbC1hbWVyaWNhLXR3by1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb25zLW1ycy1lbGxpcy1hbmQtaGVyLWZvdXItY2hpbGRyZW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/510/jpg "[Loss of the Central America--Two illustrations: Mrs. Ellis and her four children in the berth, known as the \"birdsnest\"; the rescued female passengers of the Central America in the cabin of the brig Marine]")
![[Three portraits of men rescued from the Central America, by the bark Mary: John Tice, Alexander Grant and George W. Dawson; and portrait of Capt. Hiram Burt, of the Boston brig Marine, who rescued the women and children on board the Central America]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLW1lbi1yZXNjdWVkLWZyb20tdGhlLWNlbnRyYWwtYW1lcmljYS1ieS10aGUtYmFyay1tYXJ5LWpvaG4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "[Three portraits of men rescued from the Central America, by the bark Mary: John Tice, Alexander Grant and George W. Dawson; and portrait of Capt. Hiram Burt, of the Boston brig Marine, who rescued the women and children on board the Central America]")
![[Illustrations of 2 women on board the brig MARINE, after the sinking of the CENTRAL AMERICA: 1. Mrs. H-t, unintentionally on her part, turned into a pretty Mexican, wearing serape; 2. Mrs. M-n as she appeared when disguised as a boy, that she might help to bail out the ship]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9ucy1vZi0yLXdvbWVuLW9uLWJvYXJkLXRoZS1icmlnLW1hcmluZS1hZnRlci10aGUtc2lua2luZy1vZi10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/21/webp "[Illustrations of 2 women on board the brig MARINE, after the sinking of the CENTRAL AMERICA: 1. Mrs. H-t, unintentionally on her part, turned into a pretty Mexican, wearing serape; 2. Mrs. M-n as she appeared when disguised as a boy, that she might help to bail out the ship]")
![[Eitel Friedrich. United States Navy. German ship taken over by U.S. survivors of crews and passengers of ships captured by Eitel Friedrich]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvZWl0ZWwtZnJpZWRyaWNoLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtbmF2eS1nZXJtYW4tc2hpcC10YWtlbi1vdmVyLWJ5LXVzLXN1cnZpdm9ycy1vZi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Eitel Friedrich. United States Navy. German ship taken over by U.S. survivors of crews and passengers of ships captured by Eitel Friedrich]")
