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At midnight of Dec. 4, 1868, two cabined passenger steamers operating between Louisville and Cincinnati collided two miles above Warsaw. The America rammed deeply into the United States. Barrelled coal oil on deck of the latter caught fire, enveloping both boats in flames and spreading over the surface of the river. 162 lives and $350,000 in property were lost in this terrible Ohio River tragedy.
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