The Sultana blew up on April 27, 1865, about seven miles north of Memphis, claim...

The Sultana blew up on April 27, 1865, about seven miles north of Memphis, claiming as many as 1,800 lives.

But it was all but forgotten: http://memne.ws/1EH8T8T


Marion, Ark. remembers the Sultana, disaster that history forgot
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MARION, Ark. (AP) — What remains of the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history lies buried beneath an Arkansas beanfield where the Mississippi River once ran.

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