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Domestic News
May 4, 1842
Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
What is this article about?
On Friday the 14th inst., the new steamboat Medora, running between Baltimore and Norfolk, exploded one of its boilers, killing or badly injuring 30-40 of the over 100 passengers on a pleasure excursion. The incident highlights criminal carelessness in Southern steamboat operations.
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STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION!
Awful destruction of life—Carelessness of South- erners!—On Friday the 14th inst. the steamboat Medora, new and just fitted to run between Balti- more and Norfolk, was blown nearly to atoms by the explosion of one of her boilers. One hundred or more persons were on board, about to take an excursion of pleasure; some thirty or forty per- sons were either killed or badly injured. The fact that most of these accidents occur in one part of the country—that at the North and in England there are very few such fatal disasters shows con- clusively, that criminal carelessness is at the bot- tom of them all—or nearly so. Only one life has ever been lost in steamboats east of Boston!
Awful destruction of life—Carelessness of South- erners!—On Friday the 14th inst. the steamboat Medora, new and just fitted to run between Balti- more and Norfolk, was blown nearly to atoms by the explosion of one of her boilers. One hundred or more persons were on board, about to take an excursion of pleasure; some thirty or forty per- sons were either killed or badly injured. The fact that most of these accidents occur in one part of the country—that at the North and in England there are very few such fatal disasters shows con- clusively, that criminal carelessness is at the bot- tom of them all—or nearly so. Only one life has ever been lost in steamboats east of Boston!
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Accident
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
Steamboat Explosion
Medora
Boiler Explosion
Baltimore Norfolk
Pleasure Excursion
Where did it happen?
Between Baltimore And Norfolk
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Between Baltimore And Norfolk
Event Date
Friday The 14th Inst.
Outcome
some thirty or forty persons were either killed or badly injured
Event Details
the steamboat Medora, new and just fitted to run between Baltimore and Norfolk, was blown nearly to atoms by the explosion of one of her boilers. One hundred or more persons were on board, about to take an excursion of pleasure