Article taken from The Adams Sentinal, Gettysburg, PA, July 24, 1832
Cincinnati, July 13
The U. S. Mail Packet Portsmouth, took fire on Wednesday night at our wharf, and was burnt down to the hull. Two of the crew, Mr. Williamson, brother of the engineer, and a Dutchman, name not known to us, were burnt to death.
The fire broke out in the fore part of the boat; but it is not known how it originated, the boat having been at the wharf for a few days, making some repairs to the engine. She was a new boat, and belongs to the contractors for carrying the mail from Cincinnati to Guyandotte. The loss is estimated at $5,000 dollars.