Escape from the Burning Amazon (1852)

The Colonial Times of Hobart Tasmania announced on the 21st of May 1852 the loss of two British steamers. One was the HMS Birkenhead, and the other was the Amazon by fire. “The Amazon sailed from Southampton on Friday evening with 156 people on board. At 9 pm on Friday night, the bearings of the engine became so hot that they were stopped until cooled. At 10 proceeded.” Ship Name: Amazon  Nationality: United Kingdom  Ship Type: Wooden Side Wheel Steam Ship  Tonnage: 3,000  Year Built: 1851 Year Wrecked: 1852 Reason For Wreck: Caught Fire  Location Wrecked: Near the Entrance of the Bay of Biscay  Lives Lost: Around 100 Sources:  https://archive.org/details/annualregistero03unkngoog/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1852/News/RMS_Amazon https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/True_and_correct_narrative_of_the_dreadful_burning_of_the_steam-ship_Amazon https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8771433 https://books.google.com/books?id=H1UCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=GVUCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=fire+on+the+steamship+amazon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA2ouQqLCCAxWckIkEHQEiDhEQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=fire%20on%20the%20steamship%20amazon&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=6LBWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=fire+on+the+steamship+amazon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSiq64qLCCAxV1rYkEHY_LAVM4ChDoAXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=amazon&f=false