Show STEAMBOAT DISASTERS during the past year 83 steamboats have been beon be ii elthea sunk burned or otherwise injured on nn the lV western estern waters and 0 28 8 which were afterwards raised and repaired the total loss lose of boats and cargoes is C estimated at not including collapsing la p sing of boilers flues ac A fair estimate of every lo 10 loss connected with western steam steamboat navigation if included would swell the amount to the sum of or more mere and in included chided into this accidents of dilt flat keel and various other species of water craft we might safely se set the sum total at st louis republican oss L city june 8 1850 MR EDITOR slit sin I 1 take this method of informing the emigrants and the public g generally that we the undersigned undersigner under signed citizens of the ille state of illinois did oh oil the twenty eighth day of april start for or california from kanesville Kanes ville iowa under the direction of one ta williams illiams AV who brought us tili through ough with speed and safety to this tills city and we can say that lie he is is a gentleman in every respect we call can with safety recommend him as a good and safe pilot from this city to the missouri river dur our animals all looked and felt well weli when we arrived here and we are satisfied that the reason of our animals looking so well was the good I 1 management of mr air T S williams yours with respect aa M IV robinson M L chapin edmund david smith R ELe E lemoin Lc moin S ewing H X jennings S S bullock GW Gre greene ente enta R moon moor R brocky brocki B A boyle J mason j L M worden limi liml lim worden J C blandin A davisi E brooks k s J N lockwoode lock B egoville wm hibbard |