1859

April 5, 1859 . Putnam County Courier (Carmel, N. Y.)
Collision on the Hudson River.
About half past eight o'clock on Monday night, a collision took place between one of the New York boats, supposed to be the North America, and the sloop Stephen Raymond of Hastings, at that village, instantly sinking the latter.  The crew were all drowned.  Two persons were a quarter of a mile distant when the collision took place, and distinctly heard the crash, which they likened to a pistol shot.  The steamboat was then observed to sheer toward Piermont, blow off steam, and stop.  From the appearance of the vessel she must have been struck amidships and instantly sunk.