The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-03-22

Bowling Green, December 12, 1912. rocks;
bridgeport nr5g 2 % June z lsss, Snag Bright
2, 1883, fir,; Carrie, August d. lsss, snag; a;
Chippewa, May, 1861. fire; Colonel NC
1umbian; June .s, 1870, snag; Cora No :,
1863, snag; Damsel (circus boaD, 1876 near
Onawa, snag; Dels, October 26, 1873, snag
and explosion; Eclipse, September 8, 1897.
snag: Edgar, March 26, 1884, ice; Elk, 1888,
Emma. August !, 1913. storm: Florence
1856. snag; Fontennelle, August 1865,
snag; Gallatin, April 16, 1865, snag; Gem
March IS. 1866. ice: General Terry. June
10, 1883, bridge; Helena No. 2 1887, snag
Hi Hiram Wood, 1850, unknown; Ida Reese,
Island City, 1864, Ice: Kate Sweeney, Au.
gust l. 1856. snag; Kate p. Kountz 1878,
snag; Lady Grace, January g. 1870. fire
Lesdora 1867. fire; Lilly, October "a 1868,
1871, snag: Mariner May ., 1867, snag
Marion, 1866 sandbar; Mary Bennett, 1869,
ice; Minnie Hermann. August 5, 1857,
1sas sS Mss9yr lss2 saag Molie Moore
get. April %, 1866, snag; Onawa, 1885,
snag; Ontario. September %, 1866, snag;
Peninah,. April s. 1873, ice; Pocahontas
No No. 2 August 10, 1866, snag;, Princess
1896, falling river; Seitz. lost at head
s,nG Onawa bend, unknown; Senator ferry).
Te Syn p Set }Sy ssS rs lsss rsnfg
April APT 8, lsSS snag; Twilight, September,
1870, snag; Vint Stilings. -----, Ice:
Viola Belle, August q, 1871, snag; West
rocks
Scenes of the Wrecks.
OF the above named boats quite
number were wrecked at and near
Sioux City. The Eclipse was wrecked
hfteen miles below Sioux City; the Gal
latin, at the mouth Of the Little Sioux
river; the General Grant, three miles
below Bellevue, Neb.; the General Ter
ry, at Omaha; the Hiram Wood, fer
ry boat, at Sioux City; the Ida Stock
dale, at Bismarck, N. D.; the Island
City, below Fort Buford, N. D.; the
hate Sweeney, above Vermillion river;
the Kate P. Kountz at the Omaha and
Winnebago agency; the Lady Grace,
burned while landing at Omaha. The
Livingston, a Sioux City and Fort Ben
ton packet, was lost in the ice at Run
ning Water; the Mariner was lost in
Onawa bend, near Decatur, Neb.; the
Mary Bennett just below Sioux City;
the Minnie Hermann, five miles below
Moreau or Owl river; the Molle Moore,
at Chamberlain, s. D.: the Nora below
Decatur, Neb.: the Nugget, abreast of
Dakota City, Neb.; the Onawa, in On
ava bend; the Peninoh, at Sioux City;
the Rosebud, at Bismarck; the Senator,
at Yankton; the Sun Set, forty miles
below Sioux City; the Western, at
Yankton; the Vint Stillings, at Sioux
CITY, and the Tennessee, near Onawa.
one steamer was named Sioux City.
she was sjde-wheel, 16O by 30 feet,
and was owned by Charles Baker. She
was In the mountain trade and was cut
to pieces by running ice at Fort Sully,
S. D., March 49, 1873.
The Thomas Jefferson was the first
boat wrecked in the Missouri river.
She was side wheel government
steamer and was wrecked in June 1873,
near Cote Sans Dessein, on a snag. She
was one OF the fleet Of steamers in the
celebrated Longs Yellowstone expedi-
tain whether the Missouri river was
navigable by steamboats,.
There were lost on the Missouri river
148 side-wheel steamers, 121 stern
wheel steamers and 6 center-wheel
steamers.
The report was compiled by Col. Chit
tenden when he was secretary Of the
Missouri river commission, he securing
the information from the old captains
and pilots on the river. The list gives
the name of the boat. description, trade
engaged in and owners, date of wreck,
locality Of wreck, cause of wreck and
remarks about the accident in general.
Causes of the Wrecks.
The total number of steamboats,
which went to the bottom of the Mis-
souri, from various causes was 295.
These are distributed according to the
causes Of the wrecks as follows: