Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,164 people in what remains the ...
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The Sultana steamboat disaster in 1865, at the end of the Civil War, has been called America's worst maritime disaster.
At 2 AM on the morning of April 27 the patched boiler exploded with a mighty roar. An estimated 400 passengers were killed instantly by the explosion or ...
This authoritative work contains abundant photographs and illustrations, as well as the most complete list of the ship's passengers available. Potter, a Memphis ...
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At 0200 on 27 April 1865, when the boat was seven miles above Memphis, her boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people perished. Salecker, historical consultant for ...
