Titanic of the South - Savannah. Georgia

Sep 28, 2021 · 12m 8s
Titanic of the South - Savannah. Georgia
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In 1838, the steamship Pulaski sank off the coast of North Carolina when her boiler exploded, but two of her passengers discovered survival skills and each other. Steamship boilers often...

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In 1838, the steamship Pulaski sank off the coast of North Carolina when her boiler exploded, but two of her passengers discovered survival skills and each other. Steamship boilers often exploded, fatally scalding passengers and crew, and furnishing maritime history with countless disaster stories. The sinking of the steamship Pulaski, which was advertised as the State of the Art Titanic of its time, marked as one of the first explosions of a coastal steamship, but with a romantic twist if a Brooklyn Eagle account of two survivors is more than a legend.

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Researched was used for this episode of Southern Oddities, and we couldn't have made it possible without the journalism and dedication from these awesome sources of information: Magic Masts and Sturdy Ships [Steamship Pulaski] Wikipedia [Steamship Pulaski Disaster] Newsobserver [North Carolina Article] Savannah Now [1838 Shipwreck of Pulaski from Savannah was the Titanic of its time]

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