Fifty Years on the Mississippi; Or, Gould's History of River Navigation: Containing a History of the Introduction of Steam as a Propelling Power on Ocean, Lakes and Rivers
Fifty Years on the Mississippi; Or, Gould's History of River Navigation: Containing a History of the Introduction of Steam as a Propelling Power on Ocean, Lakes and Rivers
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...of whom were taken on board the Jas. Millenger, and some on the steamer Chas. Hammond. The books and papers were all lost. Sometime after this disaster I saw a notice of the arrest of Captain Cummings and William Kassine, charged with the crime of having burned the Martha Washington for the purpose of fraudulently ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...of whom were taken on board the Jas. Millenger, and some on the steamer Chas. Hammond. The books and papers were all lost. Sometime after this disaster I saw a notice of the arrest of Captain Cummings and William Kassine, charged with the crime of having burned the Martha Washington for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a large amount of insurance on the boat and cargo. The next thing I heard was that the Cincinnati underwriters had sent a diving-bell boat and divers to make an examination and find the evidence of fraud. Shortly after the divers commenced to bring the cargo to the surface, they found that the boxes marked and shipped by Wm. Kassine as boots and shoes, saddlery and harness, dry goods, etc., contained only old scraps of leather and brickbats. With all this evidence of fraud on the part of Kas sine & Co. the court was unable to convict them of the crime of having destroyed the boat purposely. After this trial Captain John Cummings was arrested a second time by the authorities of the State of Arkansas and tried for murder and arson at Helena. This second trial occupied a long time, and Cummings remained in prison for many months. He was finally acquitted, but his long impris-' onment destroyed his health and he died shortly after. In the annals of steamboating upon the Mississippi River it has been but seldom that the captain of a steamer has ever been charged with barratry or destroying a steamer for the purpose of obtaining fraudulently money from the underwriters. The Martha Washington is the only instance I know of where the boat was destroyed by fire." F. C. F. CHAPTBE LII. IRON STEAM VESSELS. I "HE first iron boat was built on the River Thames in-I-1822. She was 106 feet long, seventeen feet wide, and was propelled by oa...
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