. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . g to Cincinnati. On the 21st of December, 1853, shewas towing two barges laden with hogs, and there were about threehundred of the same kind of animals on the deck of the steamer,abaft the engine. About day break, on the day aforesaid, when theboat was within ten miles of Cincinnati, one of the flues of the lar-board boiler collapsed, projecting columns of steam and scalding■water fore and aft, killing three of the boats crew instantly, andscalding five others. The three men who were killed were lying asleepin front of the fi
. Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters . g to Cincinnati. On the 21st of December, 1853, shewas towing two barges laden with hogs, and there were about threehundred of the same kind of animals on the deck of the steamer,abaft the engine. About day break, on the day aforesaid, when theboat was within ten miles of Cincinnati, one of the flues of the lar-board boiler collapsed, projecting columns of steam and scalding■water fore and aft, killing three of the boats crew instantly, andscalding five others. The three men who were killed were lying asleepin front of the fire. The first engineer, Moses Smith, was scalded in the face. Thesecond engineer, John Everhart, was more seriously injured. Cap-tain Prettyman had passed by tho boiler a moment before the col-lapse. The hot water thrown back among the swine scalded many ofthem so severely that they jumped overboard. There were thirty-five passengers on board, not one of whom washurt. One of the deck hands who were killed was named Boyle; thenames of the other two are not (254) SKETCH OF NEW ORLEANS. This great commercial emporium of the South and West is situated on the south bank of theMississippi river, about 100 miles from its mouth, 1G03 miles south-west of New York, 1438miles south-west of Washington, 2025 miles south south-west of Pittsburgh, and 2000 milessouth by east of the Falls of St. Anthony ; lat. 29° 58 N., long. 90° 7 W. New Orleans is thoseat of justice of Orleans Parish, La. It is built around a bend of the river, and from thiscircumstance it has acquired the sobriquet of the Crescent City. The location of NewOrleans is on a piece of land which inclines gently from tberiver to the marshy grounds in thorear of the city. The site is from two to five feet below tho level of the river in the time ofhigh water. To protect the city against inundations, an embankment, or lovec, fifteen feetwide and six feet high, has been raised; it extends one hundred and twenty miles ab
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