Lake Erie cargo ship explodes its boiler off Cleveland, Ohio, killing four

The 700 ton Lake Erie steamboat Tioga was bound from Dunkirk, New York to Cleveland, Ohio when its boiler exploded in the pre-dawn hours.  Four crewmen werre reported killed. The stricken vessel, loaded with a general cargo, was towed into Cleveland Harbor later in the day, having suffered extensive damage. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Disasters on Board the Propeller Tioga," New York Times, May 10, 1863, p.5. 
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    Crime/Disasters
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