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| + | Describing the wreck of the "steam packet Pulaski which exploded and sunk on the coast of North Carolina..in which nearly 100 persons perished" on a voyage from Charleston to Baltimore in 1838. | ||
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"Mrs. Nightingale is the daughter of John A. King, Esq., of New York, and a grand-daughter of the late distinguished Rufus King. During the whole of the perils through which they passed, she and Mrs. Fraser displayed the highest qualities of fortitude and heroism. They own the preservation of thier own and their children's lives, under Providence, tot he coolness, intrepidity, and firmness of Mr. Couper and his assistants, and to the steadiness with which t hey seconded the wise and humane efforts of that gentleman in their behalf." | "Mrs. Nightingale is the daughter of John A. King, Esq., of New York, and a grand-daughter of the late distinguished Rufus King. During the whole of the perils through which they passed, she and Mrs. Fraser displayed the highest qualities of fortitude and heroism. They own the preservation of thier own and their children's lives, under Providence, tot he coolness, intrepidity, and firmness of Mr. Couper and his assistants, and to the steadiness with which t hey seconded the wise and humane efforts of that gentleman in their behalf." | ||
| − | Southworth Allen Howland, Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States: to which are Appended Accounts of Recent Shipwrecks, Fires At Sea, thrilling Incidents. Etc. Worcester, 1840. p. 50-1. | + | *'''Southworth Allen Howland,''' Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States: to which are Appended Accounts of Recent Shipwrecks, Fires At Sea, thrilling Incidents. Etc. Worcester, 1840. p. 50-1. |
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Describing the wreck of the "steam packet Pulaski which exploded and sunk on the coast of North Carolina..in which nearly 100 persons perished" on a voyage from Charleston to Baltimore in 1838.
"Mrs. Nightingale is the daughter of John A. King, Esq., of New York, and a grand-daughter of the late distinguished Rufus King. During the whole of the perils through which they passed, she and Mrs. Fraser displayed the highest qualities of fortitude and heroism. They own the preservation of thier own and their children's lives, under Providence, tot he coolness, intrepidity, and firmness of Mr. Couper and his assistants, and to the steadiness with which t hey seconded the wise and humane efforts of that gentleman in their behalf."
- Southworth Allen Howland, Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States: to which are Appended Accounts of Recent Shipwrecks, Fires At Sea, thrilling Incidents. Etc. Worcester, 1840. p. 50-1.
