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The John G. Lawton was a steamboat of the Savannah River in the United States. The ship's boilers exploded on June 9, 1859, just beyond Gun Stump Landing, about 20 mi (32 km) above the city of Savannah, Georgia, killing and injuring several people. The steamboat Excel "was in sight" at the time of the explosion and "promptly rendered assistance". The explosion was featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News.
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- ↑ Scharf, John Thomas (1883). History of Saint Louis City and County: From the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men. L. H. Everts. p. 1108.
- ↑ "TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.; Explosion of the Princess on the Mississippi. TWO HUNDRED PERSONS LOST AND MISSING. The Boat Burnt to the Water's Edge". The New York Times. 1859-03-01. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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