Sujet

Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

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Burning of the American river steamer Isaac Newton on her way from New York to Albany, 1864. Engraving from a sketch y Mr. Edward L. Henry. 'The Isaac Newton, one of the most elegant of the many floating palaces on the Hudson River, while on her way from New York to Albany, caught fire near Fort Washington, from the bursting of one of her boilers, on Saturday, the 5th December, and was burnt to the water's edge. All attempts to extinguish the flames proved unavailing. It was impossible, owing to the dense smoke and steam on the lower deck, to get at the hose, and the heat drove the engineer from his post. The Isaac Newton had on board, at the time of the accident, about 130 passengers. A tug and a propeller hastened to the relief of those on board, who were speedily removed from the burning wreck. Fourteen persons were, however, badly scalded by the steam, and of these six died'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_404

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,1Mo (2,2Mo) / 32,7cm x 19,2cm / 3867 x 2269 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river people boat boats arts country art smoke ship ships burning fire flame flames British geography color dramatic Hudson accident explosion passengers passenger paddle steamer paddle steamers exploding location disaster century Maryland Britain catastrophe newspapers press print concept incident B&W Hudson River engraved engraving United States of America Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black on fire nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News passenger ship River Hudson TGN ILN newspaper united states Unknown 19th-century