The SS St. Nicholas was a Mississippi River steamboat that suffered a catastrophic boiler explosion on April 24, 1859, near Island 60[1] or St. Francis Island.[2] The death toll was believed to be between 45[3] and 75.[4]
In January 1859, a sidewheeler steamboat called St. Nicholas may have transported captives from the Wanderer (illegal slave ship) from Montgomery down the Alabama River.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Awful Steamboat Accident". The Memphis Daily Avalanche. 1859-04-26. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ^ Christ, Mark K. "St. Nicholas [Steamboat]". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ Scharf, John Thomas (1883). History of Saint Louis City and County: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men. L. H. Everts. p. 1108.
- ^ "Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal 4 May 1859 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- ^ Calonius, Erik (2006). The Wanderer: the last American slave ship and the conspiracy that set its sails. New York, N.Y: Saint Martin's Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-312-34347-7.
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