Check out page 4, Crowded Steamboat Explodes . . . . at:
http://www.oldstatehouse.com/pdf/Vol%2011_Spring%2089.pdf
Of interest is this hit from Bing
Captain Burke, of the Helena Wharf-boat, has contracted at St. Louis for the delivery of one thousand tons of ice.
Memphis daily appeal., April 02, 1873
About Memphis daily appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1873-04-02/ed-1/seq-3/