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Remember the Sultana #19133575 01/21/24
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18,482 Likes: 2 OreGONE G GreatWaputi OP Campfire Ranger
OP GreatWaputi Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18,482 Likes: 2 OreGONE	Was browsing Prime and came across this documentary from several years ago. I had never heard of this disaster where 1,800+ people, mostly POWs returning home from the Civil War, were killed when the steamship Sultana exploded, burned, and sank. Well worth watching.

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Re: Remember the Sultana GreatWaputi #19133594 01/21/24
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,556 Pikeville, TN L LeonHitchcox Campfire Tracker
LeonHitchcox Campfire Tracker L Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,556 Pikeville, TN	many died from the explosion and many more died because they were too weak or wounded to swim to shore. Truly a sad day.

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