Steamship races, mutinies, tourists, Alaska glaciers and an exotic death: Tales of the S.S. Olympian
Known as a white elephant for its lack of practicality, the steamer still managed to get into its share of adventures in the late 19th century.
One passenger blamed it on a wager over cigars. The steamboat Pearl - reportedly engaged in an impromptu race with another vessel on the Sacramento River - suffered a cataclysmic boiler explosion 171 ...
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