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Vinalhaven, ME Burning of the ROYAL TAR, Oct 1836

The Royal Tar was launched at St. John, New Brunswick, in April 1836. In May she began sailing from St. John to Eastport and Portland in Maine.  read more »

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Mobile, AL Steamboat BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Explosion, Mar 1836

ANOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.The Mobile Journal of the 14th March, gives the particulars of another steamboat explosion, and its attendant havoc upon human life:  read more »

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Parkersburg, WV (near) Steamboat MOTTO Explosion, Aug 1836

Baltimore August 16. STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE.  read more »

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Bone Maker Point, SC Steamboat FREE TRADE Explosion, Mar 1836

Savannah, March 19. STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION AND MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIVES.  read more »

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Cincinnati, OH (near) Steamboat FLORA Wreck, Nov 1836

DISTRESSING STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT.  read more »

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Lower Bay, NY Steamboat WILLIAM GIBBONS Disaster, Jan 1836

STEAMBOAT DISASTER.  read more »

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Columbia, AR Steamboat ROB ROY Disaster, June 1836

From the Louisville City Gazette. STEAM BOAT.DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIVES.  read more »

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Grand Rapids & Kent County, MI Tornado, 1836

The fearful tornado which swept across Central Michigan in 1836 is still living in the memories of the old settlers.  read more »

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York, PA Church Scaffolding Collapses, Sep 1836

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.York, Sept. 27.  read more »

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Allentown, PA Drowning In Basin Of Lehigh River, May 1836

DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE.  read more »

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