The boat was found, but the bodies never were. There’s actually nothing worse than that.
54) The Sultana Boiler Explosion
It turns out that a sultana isn’t just a fruit.
On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded while floating on the Mississippi River. An estimated 1800 of the 2427 passengers on board lost their lives – three of the ship’s four boilers exploded at once.
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