Steamer New-England

The Unionist 1833-12-19

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STEAMER NEW-ENGLAND.—The board of examiners, at the head of which was Professor Silliman, appointed to investigate the causes of the destruction of that boat, have reported that the sole cause of the bursting of her boilers was the immense pressure of steam to which they were subjected through the negligence of the engineer.

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The Steamboat New-England disaster occured on October 8, 1833. Thirteen people perished in the explosion off of Essex, Connecticut (about 50 miles south/southeast of Brooklyn, Connecticut, east of New London). For more on the disaster, see the site in Connecticut History and Howland's Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States.

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Title: Steamer New-England
Description: Findings of blame for Steamboat New-England disaster
Bibliographic Citation: The Unionist 1833-12-19
Full Issue Sequence Number: 1833-12-19 p.01.03
Type: Text
Language: English
Publisher: The Unionist
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Subject: Miscellaneous Filler; National News
Source: The Unionist
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--text-0157
Category: Unionist content
Issue: 20
Related People: Benjamin Silliman
Related image: unionist--image-0010; unionist--image-0067