Steamboat disasters: explosions of the Glencoe at St. Louis & the Redstone near Carrollton

Steamboat Disasters on the Mississippi & Ohio Rivers:
Many Passengers Killed

Steamer Glencoe Destroyed at St. Louis

The Redstone Explodes Near Carrollton

The Whig

Little Rock, Arkansas

April 15, 1852

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