'The Burning of the Ocean Monarch', c1848. The 'Ocean Monarch' set sail from Liverpool bound for Boston on 24 August 1848, carrying passengers. A fire broke out when a ventilator was mistaken for a chimney, with 178 people dying as a result. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]
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