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Another Dreadful Steamboat Disaster.The I.naisrillc Courier of a (ale dalesqvf:T‘•We regret to have to announce the tottl losg of the beautiful new Green ItiV er anti Louisville packet, Major Barbour accompanied with the loss of from five to eight lives. The Major Barbour started from ihis phicc on her second trip to Green River, on Wednesday afternoon Iasi, with a full freight and a num. her of passengers, and on the morning following, (Thursday,) about 4 o’clock, when about iliree miles below Ilawesvillc, she came in collision with the steamer Paul Jones. The shock was so severe, and the injury the Major Barbour sustained was so great, that although she was immediately headed for the shore, she sunk to the hurricane decks when she was a considerable distance from shore. From five to eight persons are reported cs drowned. We were enabled to hear the name of only one—Mr. Allison, of Henderson, Ky.? the second clerk.. We have heard none uf the particulars of the accident, but il must have been the result of great negligence somewhere. The river below Hawesville ia straight, and with an abundance of water from short) to shnro.The Major Barbour wag on entirely! new boat.11
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Lafayette Courier
Lafayette, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1848
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