Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-12
The Victor was destroyed in the Ohio

Another boat, name not given, at about
he same time was burnt. &
The Pawnee, ON her passage down
he Mississippi, from St. Louis to N. Or
leans, got ground near the Grand Tow
err. After taking out her cargo, she
swung round on 10 rock, and sunk
Boat lost.
In March.-The Howard snagged on
the Missouri, near st. Charles. Lost
The Livingston struck snag in Red
River, on her passage from New Orleans
to Shreveport. Boat and cargo lost.
The Alice Maria, from Pearl River,
snagged in The Mississippi. Cargo saw
ed-boat lost.
The Shylock on the Mississippi, iDjur-
ed by rock, and run on shore.
The Othelo, bound up the Wabash,
was run Tito on the Ohio, by the Peru,
and sunk. Boat and cargo total loss.
The General Brady, snagged on the
Mississippi, near Loutre Island Part of
her cargo saved-boat lost
in Apru.-The Alert, snagged in the
Missouri river, on her downward trip
Total loss.
The Pennsylvania was burnt at the
landing at Paducah, loaded with cotton
and specie
In May.-The George Collier burst
her cylinder on the Mississippi, eighty
miles above New Orleans, killing 20, and
scading, more or less, 40 more.
The - (name not recolIected) burnt
on the Mississippi, fifteen miles above the
mouth of the Ohio. Passengers and
crew rescued by the North Star %
drowned.
The Buckeye burst her boilers on the
Nj ississippi. five miles above RandoI ph !;
six persons were killed by the explosion,
and several wounded.
| The South Alabama, from Shreveport
to New Orleans. snagged on the Missis-
sippi and sunk in two minutes to her boil
er deck, Total loss.
In June-The Mcfarland, at Walnut
Point, on the Mississippi was run INFO by
! the Danabe, and sunk in FIVE minutes in
deep water. Two lives lost.
In Jwlg.-The Peru ran aground on
Cumberland bar, in the Ohio; the falling
of the river caused her TO break in two.
Cargo saved-boat lost.
The Sylph agged in the Ohio, TWEEN
ty miles below Portsmouth; sunk rapid.
Iy. Boat lost; no great loss on cargo.
The 'Casket sunk in the Ohio, near The
mouth; no particulars given.
The Sultan snagged in The Mississippi
at Island No 6, ami sunk in ten feet WI
ter. Total loss, boat and cargo.
In August-The Rienzi, on her down.
ward passage from St. Lpris to New Or
leans, struck a snag near the Grand Tow
er, and was run ashore and sunk. the wa
ter coming few inches above her guards
: amount OF damage not stated, but very
. heavy.
The w. L. Robertson snagged neal
, the same place, on her downward trip =
sunk in ten feet water. Boat and cargo
lost.
The Adventurer, burst a boiler neal
Van Buren,, Arkansas one man killed.
! In September.-The Cersican slrucl
a log in the Mississippi, ten miles below
: Selma, sank in six feet water; cargo
damaged; it was thought the boat coulC
be raised.
In October.-The Josiah Nchol strucL
a rock in Ohio, twenty miles below Shaw
neetown, and sunk in four feet water
Boat "a total loss.
The Elk snagged in the Missouri riv
er, eighty miles above the mouth; SUM-
! IN seventeen feet water. Loss, boat am
I cargo.
5 The Far West was run into near ia
: you Sara, on the Mississippi, by tn
SoutherneT, and sunk 10 her guards
Cargo saved, boat lost.
The Camden, heavily lreighled. snao
ged on her downward passage in the Mis-
souri, river, about 80 miles above III
!, mouth, and sunk in eight feet water. En-
| tire loss.
4 In NOrember.-The Arrow, on he
e first trip down the Mississippi, struck
snag and sunk, after making her landing
In deep water, near Bayou, with vaiua
bic freight and $4,000 in specie, which
4. with the boat was lost.
t The Wilmington, at Island No. "a, OF
!, the Mississippi, burst her middle boiler
throwing the two others overheard, kill
ing six, and drowning anl scaldug lively
others.
In Decem5er--''he North Star, with
valuable Cargo, struck The wreck of an
other boat. at the monh of the Louis
! vile canal, and sunk in deep water. A
y entire loss, boat and cargo.
Y The Trader, small packet runnin;
n between PIaqaeTine and Opelousas. wa
snagged and sunk in few minutes in III
Mississippi.
d The Pizarro, burnt upon the Dry Doe
at ST. Louis.
:, The Knickerbocker, with valuabl
freipht. pninn down 10 Ne:Y Orlann.