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 231
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 smallfragments. The violence of the explosion was such,… … New Albany Lloyds steamboat disasters. 227 fragments cut a mule in two, and then struck a horse and dray, killingboth driver and horse instantly. Another mass of iron, of consider-able size, was projected to the corner of Canal and Front streets, twohundred yards from the exploded steamer, where it…
