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 175
on as the alarm of fire was given on board, the pilot steeredfor the island. At the moment her head touched the shore, the flamesburst into the cabin, one of the boilers burst simultaneously, and, toaggravate the calamity still more, three kegs of gunpowder, whichwere among the freight, exploded at… … Mc Cutclien3 LJg Lloyds steamboat disasters. 171 ofBcers or crew saved anything. Captain Holmes acted most noblythrouf^hout the trying scene, who, after swimming ashore with his wife,returned to the boat, and met his death in the honorable discharge ofhis duty. Ills first impulse was to save the…
