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 148
rerelated. Before Capt, Dunham could reach the spot where the wrecklay, he saw many persons who had been blown overboard perish in thewater. But it was his good fortune to save the lives of a large num-ber, by throwing them boards and ropes, and pulling them on boardwith boat-hooks. Immediately… … EXPLOSION Oi lUl:, The screams and exclamations of the ladies and the other survivorsare represented as awful and distressing in the extreme. However,most of the females escaped ; a very few of them are supposed to havebeen drowned, but none of those who sui^^d were injured. The booksof the boat…
