. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . a, Levi Ilamblin, De-boyne, Mr. Hentry, Louisville, W. Southworth, New York, E. Ford,Boston, Richard Fulton, Indiana, Wm. Reagan, Scott county, Mis-souri, R. A. Braden, Lawrence county, Tennessee, Mrs. Barade andtwo children of ditto, W. W. Creary, Scott county Missouri, TildenHogg, Randolph. 74 LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMBOAT BEN FRANKLIN,AT MOBILE, ALABAMA, MARCH 13, 1836. The steamboat Ben Franklin, on the day of this awful occurrence,was backing out from her wharf at Mobile, in order to mak
. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . a, Levi Ilamblin, De-boyne, Mr. Hentry, Louisville, W. Southworth, New York, E. Ford,Boston, Richard Fulton, Indiana, Wm. Reagan, Scott county, Mis-souri, R. A. Braden, Lawrence county, Tennessee, Mrs. Barade andtwo children of ditto, W. W. Creary, Scott county Missouri, TildenHogg, Randolph. 74 LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMBOAT BEN FRANKLIN,AT MOBILE, ALABAMA, MARCH 13, 1836. The steamboat Ben Franklin, on the day of this awful occurrence,was backing out from her wharf at Mobile, in order to makeher regular trip to Montgomery. Scarcely had she disengagedherself from the wharf, when the explosion took place, pro-ducing a concussion which seemed to shake the whole city to its foun-dations. The entire population of Mobile, alarmed by the terrificdetonation, was drawn to the spot to witness a spectacle which musthave harrowed every soul with astonishment and horror. This fineboat, which had on that very morning floated so gallantly on the bosom -t0f^.^ /W^ EXPLOSION OF THE BEN FKANKLIN, 1836. of the lake, was now a shattered wreck, while numbers of herpassengers and crew were lying on the decks, either motionless andmutilated corpses, or agonized sufferers panting and struggling in thegrasp of death. Many others had been hurled overboard at the mo-ment of the explosion, and such were the numbers of drowning peoplewho called for assistance, that the crowd of sympathising spectatorswere distracted and irresolute, not knowing where or how to begin thework of rescue. Many—how many, it is impossible to say—perishedin the turbid waters before any human succor could reach them. Lloyds steamboat disasters. 75 Apart from the loss of life, which at that time was unexampled, thedestruction produced bj this accident was very extensive. The boiler-deck, the boilers, the chimneys, and other parts of the machinery,besides much of the lading, were blown overboard and scattered int
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