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

Hand-coloured.

Object Details

ID: PAD6691
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Currier, Nathaniel
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Swallow 1836 [American]
Date made: 1845
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 279 mm x 397 mm
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