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 61
y of consternation and anguish which then arosemight have been heard for miles. The captain, mate, and several (55J 56 Lloyds steamboat disasters. others were blown overboard; but all of these, with the exception ofone man, were afterwards rescued from the water, but were found tobe more or less… … EXPLOSION OF THE WASHINGTON, 1816. shake the solid earth to a considerable distance. A number of physiciansand many other citizens crowded into the boat to ascertain the extentof the calamity ; but no language can describe the scene of misery andtorture which then presented itself to the view of…