The Buckeye Belle Explosion
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Team RAGAR
N 39° 32.875 W 081° 38.568
17S E 444770 N 4377779
Steam Boat Boiler Explodes and kills 24.
Waymark Code: WM3MZC
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2008
Views: 43
On November 12, 1852, the riverboat "Buckeye Belle" exploded at this site. Twenty-four people died and a dozen were injured in the worst steamboat disaster on the Muskingum River. An eyewitness described the scene: "The bank of the canal was covered with dead and mutilated bodies and fragments of the boat and cargo." Boiler explosions were a hazard of steamboat travel. The safety record on the Muskingum River was good. There are only two other recorded riverboat explosions on the Muskingum River. The "Newark" blew-up in 1847 at Rokeby, killing four, and the "L.C. McCormick" exploded in 1879 south of Beverly, killing one.
Type of Structure: other
Other: RiverBoat
Fire Date: 11/12/1852
Structure status: Plaque
Cause of Fire:
Boiler Exploded
Documentation of the fire: [Web Link]
Construction Date: Not listed
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