The Weekly Inter Ocean. Vol. IX. No. 14

Chicago: Thursday, July 1, 1880. 22½" x 17½", pp. 8; 7 columns per page. Front page: "Another Horror. Burning of the Steamer Seawanhaka near New York City Yesterday" The steamboat Seawanhaka ran from Peck slip up the sound to Glen Cove, L.I. caught fire from an explosion. Of 500 persons aboard, 50 were believed to have perished; foreign news, criminal calendar, politics, the Chicago races, baseball, destructive hailstorms, the new counterfeits, three murderers hanged, religion and fashion, men's attire, recipes, veterinary news, money and stocks, usual adverts (some with cuts), and patent medicines. Item #59119

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