Statistics on Steamboat Disasters in 1860
National Defender, v. IV, no. 49, Tuesday, July 10, 1860, Whole Number: 214, p. [2] col. 5.
Transcribed text from the digitized copy in the Historical Society of Montgomery County Collection.
WESTERN STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.
| The disasters upon our Western waters during the first six months of 1860 are summed up by the Louisville Courier, under date on July 2, 1860: | ||
| Steamboats sank and damaged by ice | 5 | |
| Steamboats snagged and sunk, | 47 | |
| Steamboats run into bank, | 6 | |
| Steamboat collisions, | 7 | |
| Steamboats burned, | 20 | |
| Steamboats sunk on Falls, | 2 | |
| Steamboats sunk by storms, | 20 | |
| Steamboat explosions, | 6 | |
| Machinery broken, | 10 | |
| Collisions with bridges, | 2 | |
| Total Steamboats, | 125 | |
| Coalboats lost, | 127 | |
| Flatboats and barges, | 23 | |
| Number of lives lost, | 136 | |
| Estimated aggregate loss, | $2,732,500 | |
| The above recapitulation includes several minor accidents, chiefly by snags. | ||
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