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 141
s above themouth of the Alleghany river, with her head down stream, she was runinto by the steamboat Pulaski, which was coming up the river withabout one hundred and fifty passengers. The bow of the Forrest struckthe side of the Pulaski opposite the boilers. The boilers were throwndown, the… … (136) LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. 137 the Pulaski being broken up by the collision, the boat almost immedi-ately sunk, leaving the boiler-deck above water. Five or six persons,names unknown, were thrown overboard and drowned. One of thesefloated past the Forrest, calling pitcously for assistance,…
