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Jenks' Portland Gazette. Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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A keel boat laden with $300,000 in produce from New Orleans sank after a riverbank collapse near Little Prairie, but all 14 crew members escaped injury and were rescued the next day. Reported in a letter from Lexington, Ky., dated October 26.
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"A short time since, a keel boat with 14 hands coming up from New-Orleans, laden with the produce of that country, in passing a bend of the river below what is called the Little Prairie, the bank gave way, and a tree of considerable size fell upon the boat and burst it asunder. It is said there was to the amount of 300,000 dollars worth on board. What appears very extraordinary is, that not a single individual of the boat's crew received any injury. They got upon the tree and went with the current until the next day, when they were taken up by a boat also loaded coming up the river, all of whom arrived safe."
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Bend Of The River Below Little Prairie
Event Date
A Short Time Since [Letter Dated October 26]
Outcome
cargo worth 300,000 dollars lost; no injuries to 14 crew members; all crew arrived safe after rescue
Event Details
A keel boat with 14 hands, coming up from New-Orleans laden with produce, had its hull burst asunder when a large tree fell on it after the river bank gave way at a bend below Little Prairie. The crew climbed onto the tree and drifted with the current until picked up the next day by another boat.