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    How is the name of a room in Carlsbad Caverns National Park related to a tanker that was re-christened in 1927 due to a fatal collision with the Thomas H. Wheeler the year prior?

    Question #99206. Asked by BRY2K. (Sep 06 08 4:24 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		Papoose (previously Silvanus) was rechristened after a collision with the Thomas H. Wheeler that killed 26 men in 1926.

    http://www.nc-wreckdiving.com/WRECKS/PAPOOSE/PAPOOSE.HTML

    The Papoose Room in Carlsbad Caverns is located between the King's Palace and Queen's Chamber.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park

    Sep 06 08, 5:06 AM
    22crows

    		The Papoose
    The night of March 18, 1942 was not the first time that the tanker Papoose was involved in death and destruction. Sixteen years earlier, as a Dutch tanker, under the name Silvanus, she was traveling the Mississippi River when she rammed the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler.

    http://www.nc-wreckdiving.com/WRECKS/PAPOOSE/PAPOOSE.HTML

    Papoose Room
    Located between the King's Palace and Queen's Chamber.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park

    Sep 06 08, 5:07 AM

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