Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-02-27

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Nv o.,i',,is VI 'o s'iiu' pu. '"e ciiaiie' iii'is'
o-,'a'li ~ ',io sa'iio 'facA IRON, year ~ year,
oo'iseqaen'iy' 'ne Navigation OF the river WI
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/ Sfs 'he MISSISSIPPI river there has been tive
s,eafapaats sunk within the last year, VIZ: the
fayofite, Amazon. New York, Lady of the
Lake, and Louisville. The circumstances OF
the losses Oh those boats, are as follows. the
favorlte was sunk by striking log or root in
swallow pass, known by the name of Bor
a. aux chute, when the river was evidently too
low tor the boat to have passed through the
chute. Ii she had not have been stove, she
must nave turned back, and taken the nam
channel OF the river This boat filled with wa
Ter, seltled on bar III about I feet water. In
TINS situation the captain and crew, except the
mate and one man, left the wreck. In a few
4 days, the boat was left dry by the fall OF was
ter The damage to the hull was but trifing,
being fracture III plank on the starbnard
bow, and no tmbers or frames broken. In this
situation, The citizens from the opposite shore
| OF the river attacked the boat, drove the mate
and man INTO the woods, broke open hes hatch
es, took out and carried away the most valua-
bic part OF her cargo, and set fire to the boat,
and burned her with the remnant of cargo they
/ had left on board. The New York struck a
:, log that lies in the bottom of the river at Rid.
/ dies point, % miles below the mouth of the
/ Ohio river, which stove in the bottom, and she
sunk IN few minutes, in about five feet water
his accident took pace.in the winter, when
the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, Missouri. and al!
their tributaries, were frozen Consequently
the Mississippi was extremely low and unsafe
TO navigate. The steamboat New York was
bnit OF oak, and was not considered a safe
boat. AT the time she was lost, she was making
the last trip she probably would have made, as
the owners were preparing new hull to take
the engine. The Amazon was a boat that had
been TO the amazon river several years, al Mo-
bic several more, and was very frail.-She
was 'ost oh a shag or log mat lay within fifteen
.%on'y ie' u 'he Dams "i 'ne river, ana
,nuon ciossr 10 shofe man any boat can ever
oe aae. ~ 'lie hiiSs'sSpP' ri'ef WIN any degree
u saie'y' as the shores must forever be lined
|''n 'os'' s'u'hPs' ROOFS ana olner dangerous
oos'iuo''ohS' ''''i Tue forests on It's banks nave
~. uee11 en'.,o.y e'eaIeo away. me Lady OF
n' i''N1 was SUNK III AuSls' idSt' d! striking
% ','snt'y 'iia' ''ie Sh'ch was hot perceived ny
nia"y Pe,soiS On poaru' Ills boat was seven
cars n'u: anu must nave been rotten ana un,
moi,ny VI Lieut. ne i e, was ios' III
me upper MlsslsslpPi. one was a substantial
s,"'u poa'' s'u was uosceluins me river 'aoeh
fl. hoot wac nm ,oa, sn,a, nass -. oh 'u'
r., tho ioft Of y 10 Sc
,,hon .bo obanrol =, no ~ sha ,ast ,n,
On th, nytrerna raht and nnt m;,h;n ,,;,a
in . d;rec, line 70 where sbo w,s s,oye an1