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New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal
Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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The steamboat Moselle exploded, causing gruesome deaths among passengers. Bodies were mangled, including one cut in two and Mr. Watts from Springfield, Mass., driven through a house roof on the Ohio shore. Families mourned losses of multiple members. Reported by Cincinnati Express.
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The bodies of many of the unfortunate passengers, are dreadfully mangled; one of them cut in two; another of them divided into five or six parts, and several mutilated in various ways, too shocking to relate. A stick of wood was driven through the head of one man; and a Mr. Watts, a merchant from Springfield, Mass., was driven head foremost through the roof of a house, on the Ohio shore, at least a hundred yards, with about half of his body inside, and the remainder out. He was so completely wedged in, that his corpse had to be cut out. One venerable looking gentleman on the beach, was weeping for the loss of his wife and five children: while another old man was in agony at the loss of nine members of his family.—Cincinnati Express.
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Ohio Shore
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many passengers killed with bodies dreadfully mangled; one cut in two, another into five or six parts; stick of wood through one man's head; mr. watts wedged in house roof, corpse cut out; one man lost wife and five children; another lost nine family members.
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The steamboat Moselle exploded, leading to numerous passenger deaths with shocking mutilations. Bodies scattered and mangled in various ways. Specific incidents included a man with a stick through his head and Mr. Watts driven through a house roof. Mourning families on the beach.