. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . Bethlehem. .fJS ■>fOW 18 MUe Is. Grassy Flats LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. 225 The captain was mortally wounded. This accident was thought tobe the result of criminal negligence, as there was scarcely any waterin the boiler at the time of the explosion. The engineer had stoppedthat part of the machinery, called the doctor, which supplies theboilers with water, in order to produce a high head of steam. Inthis he succeeded, and his life was the forfeit of his temerity and therecklessness with which he exposed the lives of oth
. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . Bethlehem. .fJS ■>fOW 18 MUe Is. Grassy Flats LLOYDS STEAMBOAT DISASTERS. 225 The captain was mortally wounded. This accident was thought tobe the result of criminal negligence, as there was scarcely any waterin the boiler at the time of the explosion. The engineer had stoppedthat part of the machinery, called the doctor, which supplies theboilers with water, in order to produce a high head of steam. Inthis he succeeded, and his life was the forfeit of his temerity and therecklessness with which he exposed the lives of others to unnecessaryperil. EXPLOSION OF THE LOUISIANA. A few minutes after five oclock, on the evening of November 15,1849, the steamboat Louisiana, Captain Cannon, lying at the foot ofGravier street, New Orleans, had completed all the preparations forher departure for St. Louis. She was laden with a valuable cargo,and had on board a large number of passengers. The last bell wasrung, and the machinery set in motion; but at the moment theboat disengaged herself from the wharf
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