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April 27, 1865 the worst American Disaster of the maritime |
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No one knows the count of lives lost |
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The soldiers, civilians and the sisters of charity |
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$5 a head Captains Mason and Hatch |
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Boarded 6 times the legal load of the Sultana |
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Leaving Vicksburg bound for Cairo |
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Memphis was the tragic last port of call of Sultana |
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6 miles out of Memphis a boiler gave out |
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From the flooding swift river and extra heavy load of Sultana |
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The current was cold the river was wide |
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A mile to either side away from the burning Sultana |
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3 boilers blew fire and lit up the night sky |
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Hell was a better place than on board the Sultana |
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The worst American disaster on water |
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The Titanic of the cold Mississippi was the Sultana |
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Hell was a better place that night |
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Titanic of the cold Mississippi was the Sultana |