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When Mississippi River paddlewheel steamboat S.S. Sultana, explodes near Memphis, Tennessee, USA, an
estimated 1,600 of the vessel's 2,400 passengers are killed, making
it the worst maritime disaster in United States history. Jay Farrar of
Son Volt will be inspired to
write the song Sultana, telling the story of that fateful day.
(1865)