Show AS ON THE WESTERN WATERs the I 1 st lobua republican has published a statement showing thi the total number of steamers lost and tile the recorded loss of life on them from the beginning of segam navigation in the west up to the year 1852 spats sank 3 I 1 of which the total tonnage was and the total bignal original ginal cost tile the above statistics refer only on y to boats sunk hy by snags and other obstructions the total number of boats destroyed by fire total original cost 2 3 the total number of D explosions add and the recorded loss of life 1440 the number of wounded the die supposed pecuniary loss is put down at estimate of persons killed by ex plo averaging I 1 11 I 1 persons persona to each 2 2299 estimate of persons injured averaging 0 9 to each case ase 1881 supposed total killed and wounded the record of boats destroyed by collisions is as some gome what ahat incomplete it comprises a list of 45 boats whose original cost was |