| 2. |  | Description of the Explosion of the Steamboat Moselle | Steamboats; Steam-navigation--United States; Steam engines; Travel; Transportation; Ohio River--Description and travel; Ohio River | The Moselle had a reputation for speed. On April 25, 1838 she took on 280-300 passengers, an unusually large number, bound for St. Louis. When the boat was shoved away from the shore at Fulton, a suburb... |
