Hudson River Steamboat Catastrophes (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Beginning
in the mid-1800s, steamboats carried people between New York City and the
Albany area on the Hudson River. Romantic images lull us into believing it was
a quiet means of travel, but a crowded river, faulty equipment and the bravado
of the captains resulted in at least one major catastrophe every year. Night
boats collided and sank, carelessness caused boiler explosions, races put
passengers at risk and fires would quickly swallow the wooden vessels. The
grand Empire of Troy suffered many
collisions. The Swallow broke in two
on a rock, Reindeer’s explosion took
forty lives at once and the Oregon
and C. Vanderbilt entered into an
epic and dangerous race. Collected from eyewitness accounts, these are some of
the most exciting and frightening stories of peril aboard steamboats on the
Hudson River.