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Story
June 9, 1853
Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
Three hundred passengers from the steamer St. Pierre narrowly escape a boiler explosion that destroys the vessel and kills the eight crew remaining on board, as reported in the Montreal Gazette of the 1st.
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OCR Quality
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Remarkable Escape.—The Montreal Gazette of the 1st, in a postscript, makes simple mention of a very remarkable escape of three hundred passengers from the consequences of a steamboat explosion. That number of persons had just landed from the steamer St. Pierre, when the boilers exploded, killing eight persons, all that remained on board of the boat! The destruction of the vessel was so complete that very few of the three hundred could have escaped if the explosion had occurred five minutes sooner.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Survival
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Survival
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Steamboat Explosion
Remarkable Escape
St. Pierre
Passengers Saved
Boiler Disaster
Where did it happen?
Near Montreal
Story Details
Location
Near Montreal
Event Date
The 1st
Story Details
Three hundred passengers land from the steamer St. Pierre just before its boilers explode, destroying the vessel and killing the eight on board; a five-minute delay would have doomed them.