Fashion (steamboat)

Fashion was a Mississippi River steamboat that caught fire burned on December 27, 1866, resulting in 43 fatalities.[1] The boat was carrying 2,700 highly flammable cotton bales.[2] According to one source, the burning of the Fashion "and the heroism of the engineer who stuck to his boat that gave the inspiration for John Hay's best-known poem, 'Jim Bludsoe.'"[3] Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper covered the disaster and published several etchings illustrating the incident.[4] Among the passengers who survived was former Confederate States Senator Gustavus A. Henry.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mississippi steamboat catches fire in the middle of the night and forty-three people are drowned". hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  2. ^ "Steamboat Fashion Disaster". The New York Times. January 4, 1867. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  3. ^ Van Court, Catharine (1937). In old Natchez. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran. p. 116.
  4. ^ Branley, Edward. "1865 New Orleans levee" (PDF). NOLA History Guy.
  5. ^ "The Hon". Delaware Gazette and State Journal. January 22, 1867. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
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