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 269
cries of fire and the screams ofwomen and children. When he reached the deck he found that theboat was about three miles from land. The second mate gave ordersfor the boat to be steered towards the shore. She reached the barhalf a mile from land, before the flames had made much progress ;but as… … Cave-in Rock 1 Lloyds steamboat disasters. 265 themselves, but did not point out any means of escape. Many of thepassengers threw themselves overboard. The narrator says theyleaped out of the boat in crowds, twenty at a time. The Captainremained on the upper deck, near his state room, forward of…
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