In April 1865, the deadliest shipwreck in American history occurred when a steamship exploded in the middle of the Mississippi River. On this episode, we're discussing the Civil War, cast-iron fire-tube boilers, and how a steamship with the legal capacity for 460 people ended up carrying just over 2,100.
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Sources for this episode include:
"The Explosion of the S. S. Sultana", 2014
"The Sultana Association of Descendants and Friends"
"The Search for a Photo of the Man Behind the Sultana Disaster", E. Demerel for Mental Floss, 2015
"Loss of the Sultana and the Recollections of
Survivors", by C Berry, 1866
