Anglo-Norman (steamboat)

The Anglo-Norman was a Mississippi River steamboat.

The brand-new boat departed New Orleans on December 14, 1850, on a demonstration cruise but after a couple of hours on the water, as she turned around to head back to port, all her boilers exploded simultaneously.

A newspaper writer who survived the explosion published an article about his experience entitled "The Experience of a Blown-up Man.

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