Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters (1856)
Lloyd, James T. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, Ohio, J. T. Lloyd & co.; Chicago, Ill., D. B. Cooke & co. · leaf 101
. On the 8th of May, 1837, the large Louisville and New Orleanspacket, the Ben Sherrod, caught fire on her upward trip, while she wasengaged in an exciting race with the steamer Prairie. It was oneoclock at night, and the boat was about fourteen miles above FortAdams, ploughing her way up the… … Lloyds steamboat disasters •97 shoving in the pine knots, and sprinkling rosin over the coal, and doingtheir best to raise more steam. They had a barrel of whisky beforethem, from which they drank often and freely until they were beastlydrunk. The boilers became so hot that they set fire to sixty…
