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 230
five oclock, on the evening of November 15,1849, the steamboat Louisiana, Captain Cannon, lying at the foot ofGravier street, New Orleans, had completed all the preparations forher departure for St. Louis. She was laden with a valuable cargo,and had on board a large number of passengers. The last… … EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMER LOUISIANA. the houses for many squares around to their very foundations. TheLouisiana was lying between two other steamers—the Bostona andStorm—the upper works of which were completely wrecked; theirchimneys were carried away, and their cabins were shattered to…
