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 303
this highly com-bustible article caused the flames to spread rapidly. The boat was runashore as quickly as possible; but as soon as she struck the bank, shebounded back again, and floated down the river until consumed to thelevel of the water. The surface of the river was covered with floatingbales… … BURNING OF THE BULLETIN NO. sitting on the hurricane deck when the fire first appeared, and beforehe could get a bucket of water to throw on it, the whole boat seemedto be in a blaze. If the force pumps had been in good order, (whichwas not the case,) the flames could easily have been suppressed.…
