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405547 63.550.101 0 1 662253 11 731 Burning of the Henry Clay Near Yonkers–While on Her Trip From Albany to New York on Wednesday Afternoon July 28th, 1852.–The rapid spread of the flames forced the passengers into the water. Mothers and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters were drowned together, whilst trying to save each other. Little children buffetted the waves in vain for a few moments, and then sunk to rise no more. Persons on board about 500 of which number nearly 100 are supposed to have perished.           28 Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York   29793 1 1813 1888 1852 1852 1852 3394 Image: 7 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (19.2 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 15/16 in. (25.5 × 38 cm) Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962                       13   1
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