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 244
AMBOAT DISASTERS. 239 BURNma OF THE CAROLINE. The Caroline was a Memphis packet, employed on the White river.She had ascended that river about twenty miles on Sunday, March 5,1854, when, at 2 oclock in the afternoon, the wood pile near theboilers, was discovered to be on fire. The pilot at the… … BURNING OP THE CAROLINE. who had embarked in it were drowned. The flames, in the meanwhile,rapidly overspread the steamer, which was soon consumed, down to thelevel of the water. There were many deck passengers on board, nearlyall of whom were lost. The principal sufierers were women and chil-dren,…
