The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-11-09
GULPED THEM DOWN
Where Many Mississippi Rivea
Steamboats, Lie Buried.
The Fatal Locality In Which xsny Pals
tiAl Steamers Went Down-Names of
sorss of the wen-Remsm-
oered Boata-

The recen. discovery OF a sualSeu rafs
by Mayor Nalbrid<e in the channel OF
the river above the Chain OF Rocks.
says the s. Louis Globe-Democrat,
viii bring TO the minds of many Of our
old steamboat men the disasters that
befen the marine craft of this city in
that portion Of the river now included
in the harbor Of St Louis. The cha.
ter harbor of the city includes that
stretch of the Mississippi river b..
tween the mouth OF the Missouri AMI
she mouth OF the Merrinac That por.
ton OF the harbor under the care a.,S
control of the-wharf and harhor com
missioner lies between the Chain oi
kocks and the Rives des Peres. From
the upper mouth of the Missouri 20 tho
foot of North Market street there IRE
now lying under the silt and sands the
wrecks of over sixty boats and bar-cs.
Many of these steamboats, were the
largest, best equipped and spee,l.css
that ever walked the naviyable water.
ways of the country. T-aey were in
reality marine palaces, such as this
generation has not seen
Sawyer's bend was the fatal locality
where nearly all these splendid GRAF
foundered and settled under the shift.
ing sands OF the trcachcrous channel.
Among the boats that were lost rnaav
now living will recall the following.
York State. Southerner, Mary Blain,
Highland Mary, Grace Darling, Ale
gheny, Federal Arch. C. Buln. Nuba.
Baltimore. John Il. Carson. Philadel-
phia, Edinburg, Challenge. Moderator.
Nebraska. Sioux City, White Cloud.
Omaha, New Admiral, Geneva. Warsaw,
Empire City, Gov, Sharkey, Submarine
No. I3, Saranac No. .. War Eagle, Bel
Johnson, Gerard Il. Allen. Fanny scott
Henry Adkins, Columbia Silver Bow,
L. j. Lockwood, Wild Duck. Nile. Vic
toria, Champion, Blue Lodge. Calhoun.
Alma. Central City, Raven, Salvor, j W.
Garrett, Hudson, Beaver, John T..
Keiser, Pacific, Lulu Worth. Cornelis
and Badger State.
The above were sunk between tho
years 1855 and 1858. In addition to
=
north of Bissells point within the same
year. No record was kept of the saw
yer" or cut lumber RATS that were lost
south of Alton, but IL has been esti-
mated that the aggregate value was
over n million dollars. Oaly two of
the above-namcd boats, the Calhoun
and Alma, were raised. The bones OF
q tba ~ I~rS l;a p,.,,.. f.,. bc,,...h -
sands, petrifying under the action Of the
waters The actual loss in marine
property % the merchants Of -. Louis
by the sinking Of these boats was over
five million dollars. II Is a sad com
mentary upon the action OF congress in
its failure u provide adequate mean.
for the removal of the cause of these
making only dribbliug appropriations
'or river and harbor improvements,
hat after lsGO few. IL any. Of these
marine palaces were replaced with
,thers. Many of the owners In the loss
u this property lost not only ali they
had, but also lost courage because Of
Lhe increasing dangers To the marine
OF the immediate harbor Of
ST. LoEis.
To add 10 the pathetic story Of thcss
disasters. many of them fat ] 10 life. i,
might be stated In passing that during
he period named a bOvc flfty-fve splen-
lid steamers were destroyed by FIRE
within the charter hnrbor 81 the city.
The hulis OF many of them lie just out
! r - 4
he retaining dixie FOR the granite
wharf. Many OF the grandfathers anG
Of to-day viii remember
With varying emotions their bridal
rips on the James Howard, the Le-
latham. the Bismarck. the Grand Re-
Iublic, the Carrie V kountz. and others
qually as grand The upper mouth
{ the Missouri" within the past forty
ears, where IL smpties into the Mis-
issippi, has changed its location fonr
r FIVE times, and is present mouth -
rveral miles south Of the one that ex-
'ted few years ago. Opposite thess
ariOus mouths, and for ono mile south
-ard, many Of the disasters named
bove occurred. The outpOuring Of the
iissouri waters was swift. the eddiss
nd currents were trsacherOus and the
nags and other obstructionB 80 numer-
Us q; that point that unusual care wa,
eceSsary ia order 20 avoid the fatal
lscea
The conditions that existed "a Saw
er's bend forty years ago s1ist prAo.
cally to-day, and are still a seriOus
.enace 20 the marine commerce Of tho
y, with the added dangers to ths
nportant- municipal and railroad ia-
rests that have grown with The re-
sirements Of the water supply and tho
demands II = great me
opol!A
- the waters ia ssvyer's bend could
; rolled backward. ss The water, -
ie Red sea once were. and The ..aa.
cared away and the kkeietons Of our
rrncr pslat!sl steamers photographed.
hat terrible object lesson would -
.ovcyed from . spot tba; is now TIE
oct thic.siy settled marine graveyard
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