SS Helen McGregor
The SS Helen McGregor was an American steamboat. Her boilers exploded on February 24, 1830, in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] The reported death toll ranged from 30[2] or 40[1] to 60.[3] She had been docked at a wharf to pick up and discharge passengers; several of those killed were on the dock.[2] More the 270 people had died various in steamship boiler explosions beginning in 1825; after the Helen McGregor the United States Congress asked "the secretary of the Treasury to investigate the boiler accidents."[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Howland, S. A. (1846). "Explosion of the Helen M'Gregor". Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States. Worcester: W. Lazell. pp. 127–132.
- ^ a b Lloyd, James T. (1856). Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters. Cincinnati, O.: J.T. Lloyd & Co. pp. 69–73.
- ^ Scharf, John Thomas (1883). History of Saint Louis City and County: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men. L. H. Everts. p. 1108.
- ^ Hubbell, Daniel (2018-01-29). "Subchapter M Is The Latest In A Series Of Marine Regulatory Systems". The Waterways Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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