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 284
=/ Caah I. Lloyds steamboat disasters. 279 immediately turned bottom upward! This terrible accident tookplace in the middle of an exceedingly cold night. Of ninety persons•who were on board a moment before the disaster, only fifty escapeddrowning—and many of those who succeeded in reaching the… … Itieifueer SINKING OP THE BELLE ZANE. cate themselves when the boat suddenly turned over, had scarcely anyclothing to protect them from the inclemency of the weather. Nosituation could be more wretched than that of the people who escapedto the beach, almost naked, unsheltered and drenched with…
