. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . t that hemight overtake and pass another boat which had leftthe wharf for Louisville, but a short time the Moselle was a new brag boat, and had recent-ly made several exceedingly quick trips to and fromCincinnati, it would not do to risk her popularity forspeed by giving to another boat^ (even though thatboat had the advantage of time and distance,) themost remote chantie of being the first to arrive at thedestined port. T
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . t that hemight overtake and pass another boat which had leftthe wharf for Louisville, but a short time the Moselle was a new brag boat, and had recent-ly made several exceedingly quick trips to and fromCincinnati, it would not do to risk her popularity forspeed by giving to another boat^ (even though thatboat had the advantage of time and distance,) themost remote chantie of being the first to arrive at thedestined port. Triijia ;»ocv»o jv^iu^-, *!»;« y>oo» tx^ati-tion of proprietors and captains, has almost alwaysinevitably tended to the same melancholy results-The Moselle had but just parted from the lumber raftto which she had been made fast—^her wheels hadscarcely made their first revolution,—when her boil-ers burst with an awful and astounding noise, equalto the most violent clap of thunder. The explosionwas destructive and heart-rending in the extreme,—heads, limbs, and bodies, were seen flying throughthe air in eve^. directi^i^-?Kittended with the most. 7#
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