APPALLING DISASTERS.
TWO AMERICAN VESSELS ON FIRE. BURNING AND DROWNING. OVER A HUNDRED LIVES LOST. New Yobk, Deo. 27. A steamer leaving Memphis, a town of Tennesse, to-day caught fire, The vessel was crowded with passengers. A panic ensued, and two hundred persons jumped into the river, The pilot stranded the vessel. A number of persons were drowned, being estimated at thirty. Washington, Deo. 26. A steamer caught fi<e in Louisiana waters, and a terrible catastrophe followed. Thirty of those on board were burned to death, and sixty were drowned in their efforts to escape. Only ten lives were saved.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GSCCG18881229.2.10
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 240, 29 December 1888, Page 2
Word Count
100APPALLING DISASTERS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 240, 29 December 1888, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in