Steamboat Disasters
This article was taken from The Ohio Star
Ravenna, Ohio - May 3, 1832
An account of the loss of a Steamboat on the Mississippi, attended by a vast destruction of human life, will be found on the preceding page. In addition to which, we find the following item in one of our exchange papers received yesterday.
The Steamboat Polander, a short time after she left our wharf last evening, on her upward passage, came in contact with the Hornet, which was coming into port, by which considerable injury was done. -We regret to say, the captain of the Hornet was killed, and another person very much injured. - Cincinnati Gazette.
And in addition to both, a stage passenger from Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, informed us that a steamboat on the Ohio, the name of which we do not recollect, was burned a few days since - passengers all saved, but lading all lost.