. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . ESCAPE OF THE CHARLESTON, On her Passage from Philadelphia for ft, in which she experienced, and rode out insafety, the same Gale in which the Steam-PacketHome was lost, October 9,1837. The following interesting narrative of the escape ofthe steam-packet Charleston, we copy from the letterof a passenger :— The wind and swell of the sea increased consid-erably, and the appearance of the ocean was awfullygrand. The waves towered above the upper deck,while the gulf which yawned below, seemed as thoughit would swallo
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . ESCAPE OF THE CHARLESTON, On her Passage from Philadelphia for ft, in which she experienced, and rode out insafety, the same Gale in which the Steam-PacketHome was lost, October 9,1837. The following interesting narrative of the escape ofthe steam-packet Charleston, we copy from the letterof a passenger :— The wind and swell of the sea increased consid-erably, and the appearance of the ocean was awfullygrand. The waves towered above the upper deck,while the gulf which yawned below, seemed as thoughit would swallow us up. Our course was in thetrough of the sea, with the winds and waves on ourside, which made the boat roll excessively; and the ESCAPE OF THE CHARLESTON. 51 force of the waves striking the boat, made her tremblefrom end to end. The gale rapidly increased in furytowards night, and the terrific appearance of the bil-lows, with the howling of the wind, convinced methat our situation had become most serious and dan-gerous. We were oif Cape Hatteras, between twe
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