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 90
t of the cargo in the hold ; andas the place was dark, they found it necessary to use a lighted candle.It is conjectured that a spark from the candle, in some way, found ac-cess to one of the kegs of powder; but as every person who had beenat work in the hold was killed by the explosion, the mode… … EXPLOSION AMD BURNIMO OF THE LIONESS. some articles of a very combustible nature, such as crates containing aquantity of dry straw and several casks of oil, were stowed in danger-ous proximity to the powder. It was stated by some of the passengersthat three distinct explosions were heard. The…
