She Takes the Horns: Steamboat Racing on the Western Waters1953 - Steam-navigation - 144 pages |
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... explosion occurred four days before the Moselle blew up , the news did not reach Cincinnati until some days later ... explosions anyhow , and so doubled their anxiety to learn what Dr. Locke might turn up ; his tall , spare figure was ...
... explosion occurred four days before the Moselle blew up , the news did not reach Cincinnati until some days later ... explosions anyhow , and so doubled their anxiety to learn what Dr. Locke might turn up ; his tall , spare figure was ...
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... explosions on the Western Waters increased after 1853 instead of diminishing ; this despite the U. S. Steamboat Laws and despite the fact that the Inspectors were upright and honest in their endeavor to prevent such catastrophies . Some ...
... explosions on the Western Waters increased after 1853 instead of diminishing ; this despite the U. S. Steamboat Laws and despite the fact that the Inspectors were upright and honest in their endeavor to prevent such catastrophies . Some ...
Page 64
... explosions dating just then , among them the greatest of all times — not excluding catastrophies at sea - when the side - wheeler Sultana let go above Memphis and extinguished the lives of many Union soldiers being returned north at the ...
... explosions dating just then , among them the greatest of all times — not excluding catastrophies at sea - when the side - wheeler Sultana let go above Memphis and extinguished the lives of many Union soldiers being returned north at the ...
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