Loss of the Steamboat Swallow while on her trip from Albany to New-York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845. When opposite Athens she struck a large rock, took fire broke in two and sunk-By which melancholy occurrance, it is supposed that nearly 40 lives were lost<br>
Hand-coloured.
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Nathaniel Currier (printer and publisher)</div>
1845<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1845-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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