1844 Lucy Walker steamboat disaster

Lucy Walker steamboat disaster
File:Lucy Walker explosion.jpg Lucy Walker explosion
Official name	Lucy Walker steamboat disaster
Year	1844
Date	10/23
Place	Ohio River, Indiana
Place	United States
Place	North America
Perpetrator/s	Unknown

Official summary

The Lucy Walker steamboat disaster was an 1844 steamboat accident caused by the explosion of the boilers of the steamboat Lucy Walker near New Albany, Indiana, on the Ohio River. The explosion occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 23, 1844, when the steamer's three boilers exploded, caught fire, and sank. It was one of a number of similar accidents of early-19th-century riverine transportation that led to important federal legislation and safety regulations. The vessel's owner was a Native American, her crew were African-American slaves, and her passengers represented a cross-section of frontier travelers.

Fakeology Analysis

• Fakeologist: Lucy Walker steamboat disaster

Fakeology Classification

Boat incident psyops
BBS psyops

Alleged victims

James West Pegram,
Samuel Mansfield Brown

See also

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• Main List of psyOps
• Death of Celebrity Person
• Space fakery
• Nuke Hoax
• Plane crashes
• Various events
• Disappearance of SS Naronic (1893)
• Sinking of Titanic (1912)