The '' Washington Irving '' was a sidewheeler dayliner and flagship of the Hudson River Day Line which was struck in the fog a bit after 9:00am on 1 June 1926 on the North River by an oil barge .
The '' Washington Irving '' was a sidewheeler dayliner and flagship of the Hudson River Day Line that operated from 1913 to 1926 . 
 The Washington Irving was struck in the fog a bit after 9:00am on 1 June 1926 on the North River by an oil barge .