ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 16.
A most violent hurricane passed in a south-easterly direction from this place to-night. The [illegible] freight house of the P. C. RR. Was demolished, injuring several persons. The steamer Major of the H. & St. Joe RR. Line was torn from her moorings and carried down the river several miles, but finally made a landing, being badly damaged. The passengers were all saved. The steamer Dacotah of the same line sunk, and is a total loss. She carried down her engineer, a railroad conductor, and two others. To what extent damage is done in other sections below, is not known, as the telegraph line is down between here and Atchison.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 19, 1862, p. 1
A most violent hurricane passed in a south-easterly direction from this place to-night. The [illegible] freight house of the P. C. RR. Was demolished, injuring several persons. The steamer Major of the H. & St. Joe RR. Line was torn from her moorings and carried down the river several miles, but finally made a landing, being badly damaged. The passengers were all saved. The steamer Dacotah of the same line sunk, and is a total loss. She carried down her engineer, a railroad conductor, and two others. To what extent damage is done in other sections below, is not known, as the telegraph line is down between here and Atchison.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 19, 1862, p. 1
No comments:
Post a Comment