The Alfred Thomas, a steamship newly built in Easton, Pennsylvania to run on the Delaware River between Belvidere and Port Jarvis. The riverboat was having one of its maiden runs and nearing the Easton Bridge around noon when the boiler exploded and reduced the vessel instantly to a floating wreck. The bridge was crowded with spectators who watched as ten people aboard were killed and fourteen others seriously hurt. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Frightful Steamboat Casualty," New York Times, March 6, 1860, p. 4.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Crime/Disasters
