Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey, as seen from the Cheshire side, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Wood. '...the Lottie Sleigh, with 11½ tons of gunpowder on board, blew taking in powder from the magazine-boats off Tranmere, and had stowed away eleven tons, when, about six , as the steward was engaged in the cabin trimming the lamps with paraffin oil, some of it exploded and ignited the captain's taken off by the passing Rock Ferry - boat flames had spread all over the
Explosion on board the barque Lottie Sleigh, laden with gunpowder, in the Mersey, as seen from the Cheshire side, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Wood. '...the Lottie Sleigh, with 11½ tons of gunpowder on board, blew taking in powder from the magazine-boats off Tranmere, and had stowed away eleven tons, when, about six , as the steward was engaged in the cabin trimming the lamps with paraffin oil, some of it exploded and ignited the captain's taken off by the passing Rock Ferry - boat flames had spread all over the vessel, and the news was circulated on the pier-heads that the vessel would soon blow up. Hundreds of persons awaited the the explosion took place the spectators were a deafening sound burst upon the ear, and the black hull belched forth a volume of flames, which illumined the heavens, and cast its lurid light over both sides of the Mersey. The masts and yards were pitched high in the air, and, after a few fantastic evolutions, fell hissing into the shock at Liverpool and Birkenhead, and for nearly five miles round, was severely felt, and created indescribable terror'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.
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