Excerpt from Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States: To Which Are Appended Accounts of Recent Shipwrecks, Fires at Sea, Thrilling Incidents, Etc Tm: object of the following pages is not only to preserve an authentic history of the many disasters that have occurred on our Waters since the intro duction of steam navigation and, as far as practi cable, the principal causes that led to such disasters, but also to perpetuate the memory of those Who have been the innocent sufi'erers thereby, ' - 1whose graves are in the trackless 'deep, -4and whose only ments of recollection are in the feelings and hearts of' their bereaved friends and relatives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.