New Orleans Thursday the 15 of November 1849 at 5 o'clock, Explosion of the Louisiana (Dominique Theuret, after G. Tolti, Museum of Fine Arts Houston object B.99.15)

The Louisiana was a Mississippi River steamboat that exploded on November 15, 1849, killing at least 150 and possibly as many as 200 people, and grievously wounding scores of others.[1][2] All of the boilers exploded simultaneously about five minutes after she pulled away from the dock at Gravier Street in New Orleans; the entire boat sank 10 minutes after the explosion.[2] Several of the dead were on the steamer Storm, which was docked adjacent to the Louisiana.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 Lloyd, James T. (1856). "Explosion of the Louisiana". Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters. Cincinnati, O.: J.T. Lloyd & Co. pp. 225–230 – via HathiTrust.


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