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 277
SINKING OP T 11 R Jl i; C II A N 1 C , water. The commander, Capt. ^all, presently announced to the pas-sengers in the cabin that the boat had snagged. Capt. Hall thencaused the yawl to be made ready to convey General Lafayette andthe other passengers ashore. In the meanwhile, the General had… … ^ Tennessee I Tow Head Metropolis «a Lloyds steamboat disasters. 273 on board, General Lafayette, •while attempting to descend into theyawl, was precipitated into the river and would have been drowned butfor the assistance of one of thp deck hands, whose name we have beenunable to ascertain. The…
