The Jenny Lind Steamboat Disaster

A fond wife, herself sinking in the arms of death, looking at the last struggles of an affectionate and long tried husband, surrounded by the dead bodies of their four innocent offspring, but a few hours before buoyant with life, health, happiness and hope. In another spot was the dying mother, endeavoring with her raw and scalded arms to embrace the only child of her bosom, a cold, stiff corpse, untimely hurried to eternity by a violent and dreadful death. There laid a strong man, convulsively wrestling with Death, whilst the hoarse rattle in his throat and the galvanic quivering of his eyes, gave token of rapid dissolution. In another spot were the torn and mangled remains of a once beautiful woman, wearing even in her horrible death a sweet smile of peace and tranquility. Ranged side by side were the dead, dying, and the sufferers of excruciating agony.
In this episode of Ricky's Historical Tidbits, I will tell you all about the Jenny Lind Steamboat disaster.

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