. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . THE EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMBOAT MOSELLE, AT CINCINNATI, ON THE OHIO RIVER; CONTAINING A minate Detail of that terrible Event, and of thetremendous Force of the Steam; April, 1838, BY JUDGE JAMES HE recent explosion of the steamboatMoselle, at Cincinnati, affords a mostawful illustration of the danger ofsteam navigation, when conducted byignorant or careless men, and fullysustains the remark, that the accidentsare almost wholly confined to insufficientor badly-managed M
. The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine . THE EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMBOAT MOSELLE, AT CINCINNATI, ON THE OHIO RIVER; CONTAINING A minate Detail of that terrible Event, and of thetremendous Force of the Steam; April, 1838, BY JUDGE JAMES HE recent explosion of the steamboatMoselle, at Cincinnati, affords a mostawful illustration of the danger ofsteam navigation, when conducted byignorant or careless men, and fullysustains the remark, that the accidentsare almost wholly confined to insufficientor badly-managed Moselle was a new boat, intended to ply regularlybetween Cincinnati and St. Louis. She had made but twoor three trips, but had already established a high reputationfor speed ; and, as is usual in such cases, those by whomshe was owned and commanded, became ambitious to haveher rated as a c crack boat, and spared no pains to exalt hercharacter. The newspapers noticed the quick trips of theMoselle, and passengers chose to embark in this boat inpreference to others. Her captain was an enterprisingyoung man, without much experience, bent upon gainingfor his boat, at all hazards, the distinction of being the fast-est upon the river, and not fully aware, perhaps, of the in-evitable danger which attended this
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