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Dr Stephen Betts Whiting

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Dr Stephen Betts Whiting

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9 Oct 1833 (aged 27)
Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Dr. Stephen Whiting was on the ill fated steamboat "New England" when it's two boilers exploded about the same time on Oct 8, 1833 on the Connecticut River about 3 am next to the town of Essex CT.
"Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States" by Southworth A. Howland, 1840 pages 118-128
Dr. Stephen Whiting was on the ill fated steamboat "New England" when it's two boilers exploded about the same time on Oct 8, 1833 on the Connecticut River about 3 am next to the town of Essex CT.
"Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States" by Southworth A. Howland, 1840 pages 118-128

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Stephen B. Whiting, of Reading, Fairfield County, who was one of the sufferers by the explosion on board the Steam Boat New England at this place. AE 27 years

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  • Created by: Irma
  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71306012/stephen_betts-whiting: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Stephen Betts Whiting (15 May 1806–9 Oct 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71306012, citing River View Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Irma (contributor 46927625).