The <a about="#mwt19" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Central America"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Central_America" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Central America" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Central America</i></a> sinks about 160 miles east of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Hatteras" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cape Hatteras">Cape Hatteras</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_Herndon" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Lewis Herndon">William Lewis Herndon</a>. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a>.