In the month of October last a steam boiler exploded ... of some terrible steamboat disaster on the western rivers or on the lakes. Indeed, I remember of three most direful explosions having ...

A visit to the steamer is the most convincing proof ... JAMES MOONEY, was on deck immediately over the boiler, when the explosion took place, he was knocked overboard by the concussion.

The explosion of the steamboat H R. W. Hill was of a remarkable character. The pressure ef steam carried was 120 Ibs. The boiler head was forced out from the upper part and doubled over at the ...