The Sinking Of The Larchmont

Send us Fan Mail A warm saloon, a clear night sky, and a cheap ticket from Providence to New York sounds like an easy win until the ocean decides otherwise. We’re telling the story of the 1907 sinking of the Larchmont, the deadliest maritime disaster in Rhode Island history, and the kind of shipwreck where the danger is not just the water, but the cold, the darkness, and the steam. We start with the Larchmont’s past life as the Cumberland, its rushed rebuild, and the string of groundin...