The Pulaski, a steamboat, was ferrying elite Southerners from Savannah, Georgia to Baltimore, Maryland when it exploded. Around 100 of the 200 passengers and crew on board died.
Posted on 01/27/2018 9:17:01 AM PST by BenLurkin
A survivor's account in the Wilmington Advertiser tells of 'the wailing of the hopeless beings who were floating around in every direction, upon pieces of the wreck, to seek land'.
McLeod's account, compiled from survivor's recollections, reads: 'The boat parted in two with a tremendous crash, and the bow and stern rose somewhat out of the water, but the latter again continued to sink until the water reached the promenade deck, when it separated into two parts, upset and precipitated all on it into the water.'
The North Carolina Standard deemed the disaster to be 'the most painful catastrophe that has ever occurred on upon the American coast' up to that point.
The shipwreck was blamed on a starboard boiler explosion; accounts from the day blamed the steamboat's engineers.
Survivors then floated in rafts days before finally making landfall and reuniting with family and friends.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Very interesting - 40 miles off the coast - which means its really 60 miles off the coast (LOL !!!)
Thanks BenLurkin.
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