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Domestic News
March 15, 1823
Edwardsville Spectator
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
What is this article about?
The steamboat Tennessee sank near Walnut Hills on its route from New Orleans to Nashville and Louisville, resulting in the loss of a $300,000 cargo and over 40 passengers. Reported in St. Louis on March 10 via the arrival of the Rocket.
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ST. LOUIS, MARCH 10.
Unfortunate Occurrence.—We learn by the arrival of the Rocket, at this port, that the steam boat Tennessee, on her way from New Orleans to Nashville and Louisville, with a valuable cargo of merchandise and specie, and about 200 passengers, run on a snag near the Walnut Hills, and instantly went down, with the loss of the cargo and upwards of forty passengers. She had on board, it is said, $300,000—about 150,000 of which was destined for the vaults of the United States Bank at Louisville.
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Unfortunate Occurrence.—We learn by the arrival of the Rocket, at this port, that the steam boat Tennessee, on her way from New Orleans to Nashville and Louisville, with a valuable cargo of merchandise and specie, and about 200 passengers, run on a snag near the Walnut Hills, and instantly went down, with the loss of the cargo and upwards of forty passengers. She had on board, it is said, $300,000—about 150,000 of which was destined for the vaults of the United States Bank at Louisville.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Shipping
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Steamboat Sinking
Tennessee Wreck
Walnut Hills Snag
Passenger Loss
Cargo Destruction
Where did it happen?
Walnut Hills
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Walnut Hills
Outcome
loss of cargo worth $300,000 (including $150,000 for united states bank at louisville) and upwards of forty passengers
Event Details
The steam boat Tennessee, carrying merchandise, specie, and about 200 passengers from New Orleans to Nashville and Louisville, ran on a snag near the Walnut Hills and instantly sank