“The Steamboat”
Date
2-8-1812
Newspaper
Louisiana Gazette
Page and Column
Page 2, Column 3
Newspaper Location
New Orleans, Louisiana
Serial Number
919
Abstract
Short notice that the steam boat New Orleans was near Ft. Adams, Mississippi and had broken one of her two paddle wheels. It implies that the boat was a side wheeler. No information or notice of the earthquakes.
Transcript
The Steam Boat was at Fort Adams, 50 miles below Natchez, on her way up, on Saturday last. Her detention, we learn, was occasioned by breaking one of the wheels.
Recommended Citation
"“The Steamboat”" (1812). New Madrid Compendium Far-Field Database. 893.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/cas-ceri-new-madrid-compendium/893
