Burning of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" at St. Louis, September 19

picture

Fires
Steamboats
Mississippi River
River steamers
Carondelet (Steamboat)
Steamboat disasters
Grand Republic (Steamboat)

Saint Louis (Mo.)

1870-1879

This lithograph illustrated the destruction of the steamboats "Grand Republic" and "Carondelet" from September 19, 1877 when the steamboats caught fire and burned to the shore. The boats were shown shrouded in smoke and engulfed in flames as men rushed back and forth along the shore in an attempt to extinguish the fire.

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