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Title
Explosion
of the
Moselle
Subject
Steamboats--Ohio River--History
Cincinnati (Ohio)--History
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
reads
"
When
Over
100
Lives
were
Lost
" This
photograph
(ca
.
1935-1943)
is
of an
illustration
or
engraving
,
most
likely
from a
newspaper
,
depicting
the
explosion
of the
steamboat
Moselle
, in the
Ohio
River
. On
Wednesday
April
25
,
1838
,
between
4
and
5
o’clock
, the
new
steamboat
Moselle
left
the
wharf
in
Cincinnati
and
continued
upstream
about
a
mile
, for a
quick
stop
in
Fulton
, to
pick
up
more
passengers
and
freight
,
even
though
the
boat
was
already
loaded
beyond
capacity
,
before
continuing
to
it’s
final
destination
in
Louisville
and
St
.
Louis
.
It
is
estimated
that there were
approximately
266
passengers
on
board
after
the
stop
in
Fulton
, a
great
majority
of
which
were
emigrants
, of
most
of them
German
or
Irish
. A
crowd
had
gathered
to
watch
the
steamboat
depart
, as
it
had
already
gained
a
celebrity-like
reputation
of
being
an
extremely
fast
boat
,
though
she had
only
made
two
or
three
trips
thus
far
.
Captain
Perrin
,
anxious
to
bolster
the
reputation
of the
Moselle
,
collected
as
much
steam
as he
could
, in an
attempt
to
overtake
another
boat
which
had
just
recently
departed
for the
same
destination
.
Onlookers
and
passengers
alike
later
commented
that the
steam
sounded
strange
, as the
pressure
built
to
unsafe
levels
.
Just
as the
boat
was
shoved
from the
quay
, an
explosion
took
place
,
so
great
that
it
was
like
a
“mine
of
gunpowder”
exploding
, as
all
four
boilers
simultaneously
burst
. The
destruction
was
horrific
, with
pieces
of
boat
,
freight
and
bodies
thrown
into the
river
and
upon
the
shore
.
About
one
hundred
and
fifty
people
in were
lost
that
day
,
whether
killed
, or
ultimately
declared
missing
and
one
hundred
and
seventeen
people
were
saved
. An
investigation
later
took
place
,
which
resulted
in
stricter
regulations
regarding
freight
and
passenger
capacity
, and
which
declared
owners
and
officers
ultimately
liable
for any and
all
injuries
suffered
as a
result
of
safety
regulation
negligence
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B03F01_024.tif
Image Height
2968
Image Width
4277
File Size
38101580 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-03-17
Date modified
2010-04-02
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