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 73
by the wheel at the time of the explosion ; both were blown toa part of the forward deck fi,fty feet distant, where they were after-wards found, very much bruised, among a mass of ruins. The pilot atthe wheel was precipitated into the water and drowned. Another pilot,who was walking the deck aft of… … I. No. 6 V. Lloyds steamboat disasters. 69 larboard side of the Grampus had both topmasts cut away by the frag-ments of the machinery, and her standing rigging was much damaged.A piece of the pipe fell across this brigs tiller, carried it away, andslightly injured the man at the helm. The brig on…
