Английская Википедия:Ben Sherod

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Conflagration and explosion of the Ben Sherod (etching published 1846)

The Ben Sherod was an American steamboat that caught fire and then exploded on May 8, 1837, about Шаблон:Cvt south of Natchez, Mississippi. The fire ignited explosions of barrels of whiskey and brandy, and 39 barrels of gunpowder. The ship's boilers ultimately blew up as well. An estimated 175 lives were lost of roughly 225 aboard. She had been steaming from New Orleans to Louisville.[1]

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