. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . -preservers \.ould probably havesaved every soul on board, even had they been in the,middle of the lake, instead of being close in shore. THE WASHINpTON. 117 In the long ran, these would be cheaper than to fur-nish extra boats, and infinitely better. Let a life pre-server hang in every berth, and passengers could closetheir eyes in security. If they pleased, they mightsleep with them buckled around them. Let some-thing be done immedia
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. . -preservers \.ould probably havesaved every soul on board, even had they been in the,middle of the lake, instead of being close in shore. THE WASHINpTON. 117 In the long ran, these would be cheaper than to fur-nish extra boats, and infinitely better. Let a life pre-server hang in every berth, and passengers could closetheir eyes in security. If they pleased, they mightsleep with them buckled around them. Let some-thing be done immediately. It is not the passengersduty to provide them. Perhaps he makes a lake voy-age but once in his life. When he pays his fare hehas a right to expect a safe conveyance. When atnan gets his arm broken by being overturned in a§tage coach, he comes upon the proprietors for dama-ges. So it should be in steamboats. Captains andowners should be held responsible for every boat should be allowed to take passengers, that isnot secured in every possible way from fire and ex-plosions,—and the safety of passengers secured byproviding means of 118 STEAJVIBOAT DISASTERS. EXPLOSION OF THE NEW ENGLAND, at Essex, Ct., October 7, 1833, on her passage fromNew York for Hartford, The following facts in relation to the explosionofthe steamboat New England, are gathered from astatement which was drawn up and published a fewdays after the occurrence of the disaster:—
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