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The Mississippi River steamboat Princess (built circa 1855) was traveling from Vicksburg to New Orleans, with many of the passengers heading to Mardi Gras, when its boilers exploded at Conrad's Point [1] near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on February 27, 1859. [2] The estimated death toll ranged from 70 [3] [2] (with an equivalent number injured) [2] to as many as 200. [4] Among the survivors were a "negro trader" named Ford, from Kentucky, and his "servant." [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dreadful steamboat explosion". The Bury and Norwich Post. 1859-03-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stanley Nelson: Nightmare on the Mississippi". Hanna Newspapers. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  3. ↑ Scharf, John Thomas (1883). History of Saint Louis City and County: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men. L. H. Everts. p. 1108.
  4. ↑ "TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.; Explosion of the Princess on the Mississippi. TWO HUNDRED PERSONS LOST AND MISSING. The Boat Burnt to the Water's Edge". The New York Times. 1859-03-01. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  5. ↑ "More of the Princess Disaster". The Louisville Daily Courier. 1859-03-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

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