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Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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The steamboat America sank after striking a snag on the Mississippi River, about 150 miles below the Ohio, while traveling from St. Louis to New Orleans. It carried valuable furs from the American Fur Company under Gen. Ashley; half the cargo was salvaged, with $50,000 insured in New York.
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Letters were received in this city yesterday, which state that the steam boat America, from St. Louis, proceeding to New Orleans, struck on a snag about 150 miles below the Ohio River, and sunk. She had in a very valuable cargo of Furs, belonging principally to the American Fur Company, and collected by the persons under the command of Gen. Ashley. A letter received at St. Louis says, one half of the cargo has been landed and the balance will probably be saved. About fifty thousand dollars of the cargo is insured in this city.—N. Y. Daily Adv.
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Mississippi River, 150 Miles Below The Ohio River
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one half of the cargo has been landed and the balance will probably be saved. about fifty thousand dollars of the cargo is insured in this city.
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The steam boat America, from St. Louis, proceeding to New Orleans, struck on a snag about 150 miles below the Ohio River, and sunk. She had in a very valuable cargo of Furs, belonging principally to the American Fur Company, and collected by the persons under the command of Gen. Ashley.