Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-11

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Jan. sl-sleamsF Bslla 81. Lonia
sunk by Ice al Nude landing, n ne
Mississippi, below 81 Louls. Raissa.
Cargo q zoo tons lost. Total amount
Of loss eS5, 600. II Of
Feb l--sleamers Ohaa. Mosxsn auil
Aggie eollided near OsceOla' bsiow
Memphis. Two lives reported i0sg.
Damage 10 boats sllght.
Feb. 1A-eteameF VicksbuFg sunk n
Sunao@eF river By : log; 30 bales cot
ton lest Value Of bOsl, $4,000 partly
FEB. I6.-On or about thla asls Che
steamer John.F T0llesblew ont Nogh
cylinder heads Of engine. Steamer R.
e. Lee. below YlckahnFg. hlpw ont
cylinder head Of engine. Several ne.
groes injured, two probably fatally.
March 14.-SteameF FloFeBcs Meyer,
with cargo Of Gotten, sunk In the Are
kansas, seventy miles above LATHE
Rock. Raised. Boat was insured.
March lb.-SleameF Gov. Allen snhS
10 the Missouri, two miles above Miami.
Total Ioss; value $500. Cargo l0ss,
$1,000. Steamer Garland bnFned at
Red Fork In the AFkansas. Six hum
dFed and Afly bales OF cotton burned.
One life lost Boat new cost 925, 900 ;
injured for $4,000. Loss Of boat and
cargo e85.0 900.
March 26.--EteameF Utah burned Sn
the Mississippi at Vicksburg; injured
tor 90 600 on . valuation Of $1,000
April ll.-steameF Fannie Moore,
bound 10 New Orleans, sunk BY q anag
aud lost ct SaFagOssa, IN the Arksnsas,
80 miles below Pine Bluff; value So.
600 ; insured for $4,000. Cargo nearly
oil saved.
May 7.-SlesmeF Waloon exploded
8 miles below New Orleans. Engineer
and fireman killed. two men wounded
and elk Others reported drowned.
May ll.-Sieamer Emma sunk In rs
feat OF water % miles belOw New Or
leans. Captain thought the boat had
struck Q snag. Four live lost and the
boats two Clerks reported missing.
May 10 Steamer G. p. Huntington
burned with cargo In the YazOO 81
Honey Lake. Total loss. Boat valued
Of $1,000
June 6.-Sleamer City OF Augusta
sunh IN the Arkansas at Rob Roy. Car.
60 Of $4,000 value lost. Boat ralsed.
June 22.-Ship Gov. Morton lei
New Orleans to-day; took Gre, wa
scutiled, and sunk IN twenty feet o.
water In Southwest Pass; vessel raised
cargo valued ct eb000O0: two.lhird
saved In q damaged condition.
July 2l-Sleamer Golden Rule, Gin
ClnnAii to New Orleans, sunk By snal
or log In the Lower Mississippi, 1
Omega, thirty miles above YicksbuFg
Cargo Of 1900 tons EnoTchandis
damaged or lost. Boat eosl 10000; in
: snTed. .t.
August 21.-Steansr Phil. AIlir
broke 8 safety valve at Memphis. Sew
erAl persons injured. Steamer Grand
Lake No, 2, from 81. Louis to New
Orleans, ran ono OF her baFges over az
obstruction at ThOmpson's, above
Cairo. Barge badly damaged. CargC
transferred TO another barge, and por,
lion damaged.
Sept. l9,-Sieamer Grand Republic
burned at 81. Louis, at IL pm. Sup
posed 10 be the work OF an InoendiaFy
Largest and finest steamer ON Amarl
can rivers; capacity, 1000 tone; val
ned at sl50000. Incurred In q large
number of Offices for $50, $50. She cosl
s20S COO, and was owned by w. H
Thorwegan, Of st. Louis. Iron hui
steamer, CarOndelei, burned at samC
time and place as Republic, from
which the dImes communicated. Val
ue, $4,000; insurance, SIT 800.
Oct 2.-Sleamer Comfort exploded
on the Ohio, four miles below Mounds.
vile. Twenty passengers on board
several Of whom were missing. Six
lives lost and several persons injured.
> Oct, l6.-TOw. boat Atlantic left ST.
Louis for New Orleans, 18th; sank
this morning by unknown obstruction
opposite Platin Rock. Total loss.
Wrecked /; loss, say, $4,000.
Oct. 70 Steamer Glencoe, 81. Louis
10 New Orleans, struck q hidden oh.
: stTuciion three miles below Vicksburg,
and sank IN ten feet OF water. Total
loss. Boat valued at s37, 800; insured
for S25.0O0. Heavy cargo; nearly al
: lost, aud insured.
Nov. 10.-SleamCr Tom Morgan, 9
; 200 ton bOal, wrecked by explosion in
The lOWes Mississippi, near Greenville
; DR.. Powell, master Of the boat, and the
, engineer, lost their lives.
Nov. ll.-Sleamer John +. TOlle 81
a.n., bound from st. Louis TO New
Orleans, burned and sunk at Grand
Gulf Boat valued at CSC, 600; insured
for One-sixleenth. Cargo nearly to-
tai lose, valued ct $50 600 ; insured.
Nov. l2.--Steamer POkagama burned
In the Upper Mississippi, ct Aiken,
MinuesOts. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Nov. 2b.-Stsamer Bee, en- route
from 81. Louis 10 New Orleans, lost
barge no. 90 while landing q leland
05 above ViCksburg. Value $1,000
Cargo valued ct $4,000, including a.
600 bushels bulk corn for Europe, most.
ly lost; cargo insured, Steamer I'LL.
nOIs sunk ID Lower Mississippi, near
| Oldt0wB, below Helena, by striking Z
hidden obstruction. Damage $4,000
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