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 205
Avery had been racing, promptly came to the rescue of the drowninnfcrew and passenger^, and was the means of saving some of them ; butthe number lost is believed to be at least eighty or ninety. Mrs. Seymour, one of the cabin passengers who escaped, relates thefollowing incidents of the wreck :… … Samples Ldg. J-- ... =^-=h Guyandotte Cr. Guyandotte Guyuudotte R. Lloyds bteamboat disasters. 201 party accounted for by stating that some unusual means had been usedto get up extra steam, as the officers of the Avery were resolved to out-run the rival steamer, Sultana. Mrs. Seymour had retired to…
