Title:
Steamship paid explosive price at port in Essex
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Steamboat journeys were not always safe
Safety and Steamboats
Sidewheeler New England
Safety and Steamboats
Sidewheeler New England
Object ID:
Kim03-058
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
05/31/1990
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Steamboat journeys were not always peaceful as passengers on the sidewheeler New England, along with captain Waterman, found out in 1833. Her copper boilers exploded without serious injury to any aboard ship. Within a year she was repaired and continued in service until May 31, 1838 when she collided with the steamer Curlew and sank to the bottom off Boon Island, Maine.
People:
French, Benjamin Brown
Waterman, Capt.
Silliman, B. (Prof.)
Waterman, Capt.
Silliman, B. (Prof.)
Search Terms:
New Philadelphia (steamer)
New England sidewheeler
explosion
New England sidewheeler
explosion