Disaster On The Potomac: The Last Run Of The Steamboat Wawaset

By Alvin F. Oickle
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For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy...

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Print Length: 128 pages
Publisher: The History Press (November 27, 2009)
Publication Date: November 27, 2009
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Language: English
ASIN: B00XRFACJ4
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