Steamboat Accidents
Steamboat travel in the 1800s could be very dangerous. Trees just under the river's surface, exploding boilers, and unpredictable rivers caused problems and even deaths.
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They still talk about the explosion of The Dubuque in 1837. Sprayed scalding water all over the deck passengers: a lot of people hurt, 20 some killed.
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