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<blockquote data-quote="Raido Free America" data-source="post: 3670177" data-attributes="member: 45328"><p>A Somewhat related story, at least about graft in the military and shoddy inspections! The Sultana was the river boat that exploded just north of Memphis Tenn. in 1865, killing literally hundreds of ex Union POW's, mostly from Andersonville POW camp. This river boat was overloaded by 3 or 4 times it's rated capacity, plus it had a faulty boiler that had only been patched, so the owner of this boat wouldn't miss out on this lucritive load. The government payed so much a head for transpoting these POW's, and the Union Officer in charge of arranging transportation, was bribed to put all of them on the Sultana, with several other river boats available. There is a photo of the Sultana at Helena Ark. taken shortly before it exploded, just a few miles north of Memphis, and there is standing room only on all the decks. To add to the danger the Mississippi was running at flood stage, a reported 7 miles wde at the point where the Sultana expoloded, which made the Sultana have to work harder to overcome the current! I guess corruption is nothing new in the military, but in this case it cost the lives of hundreds, or thousands, 3000 comes to my old feeble mind, men that thought they had survived the HELL of WAR and Andersonville, and were on their way home! Sad story!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raido Free America, post: 3670177, member: 45328"] A Somewhat related story, at least about graft in the military and shoddy inspections! The Sultana was the river boat that exploded just north of Memphis Tenn. in 1865, killing literally hundreds of ex Union POW's, mostly from Andersonville POW camp. This river boat was overloaded by 3 or 4 times it's rated capacity, plus it had a faulty boiler that had only been patched, so the owner of this boat wouldn't miss out on this lucritive load. The government payed so much a head for transpoting these POW's, and the Union Officer in charge of arranging transportation, was bribed to put all of them on the Sultana, with several other river boats available. There is a photo of the Sultana at Helena Ark. taken shortly before it exploded, just a few miles north of Memphis, and there is standing room only on all the decks. To add to the danger the Mississippi was running at flood stage, a reported 7 miles wde at the point where the Sultana expoloded, which made the Sultana have to work harder to overcome the current! I guess corruption is nothing new in the military, but in this case it cost the lives of hundreds, or thousands, 3000 comes to my old feeble mind, men that thought they had survived the HELL of WAR and Andersonville, and were on their way home! Sad story! [/QUOTE]
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