The Explosion of the Reindeer
By Shannon Butler If you read the title above and immediately thought of Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer blowing up into a million pieces with bits of antler flying everywhere, no one could blame you. Very few people today know that there was once a steamship called Reindeer and that it was considered one of the fastest steamers on the Hudson River during its short life. The title gives away the end of this story, but the ship actually exploded not once, but twice, which makes for an even more fascinating story. The tragedy[...]
