Anglo-Norman_(steamboat)

<i>Anglo-Norman</i> (steamboat)

Anglo-Norman (steamboat)

River steamboat in Louisiana, United States


The Anglo-Norman was a Mississippi River steamboat. The brand-new boat departed New Orleans on December 14, 1850, on a demonstration cruise but after a couple of hours on the water, as she turned around to head back to port, all her boilers exploded simultaneously. At least 100 people were killed. A newspaper writer who survived the explosion published an article about his experience entitled "The Experience of a Blown-up Man."[1]

Explosion of the Anglo-Norman in 1850, from Lloyd's Steamboat Directory (1856)

References

  1. Lloyd, James T. (1856). Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters. Cincinnati, O.: J.T. Lloyd & Co. pp. 189–194 via HathiTrust.



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