Talk:Sultana (steamboat)

message: I slightly rewrote bits of the article and created the archive.  Minister of random walks 16:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, there's the Robert E. Lee effect.  Although Lee surrendered 4/9, he was not (contrary to the belief of many) the only commander the South had.  Several other forces continued to operate in the far south and west for a period of weeks or even months. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:15, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: untitled

message: Other than the intro, there's nothing in this article that isn't about the explosion (and "Tragedy" seems a bit melodramatic).  Surely, something happened to the boat in the time between its construction and its final voyage...
--Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:11, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  lopsided article 

message: The gravestone of Melville Zacharias, indicates he perished in the Sultana explosion. He served in the 8th Michigan Cavalry, Company M and is interred in Neriah Cemetery (formerly Blouch), Rauch Road, Monroe County, Ida Township, Michigan.
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Musicwriter (talk) 03:39, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gravestone refers to US Sultana 

message: Internet archive has a book on this: https://archive.org/details/lossofsultanarem00berr
71.163.117.143 (talk) 22:14, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  online book 

message: "While this fight for survival was taking place, the southbound steamer Bostona II, coming downriver on her maiden voyage,[17] arrived at about 3:00 am, an hour after the explosion, and overtook the burning wreck to rescue scores of survivors. "  If Bostona II was coming downriver, while Sultana had been heading upriver, I question the use of the word "overtook" in this sentence.  It suggests both vessels were hearing in the same direction.  Perhaps "came to the site of" would be better. Terry Thorgaard (talk) 18:21, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: While I don't disagree with your new text, I believe the original was also correct. After the explosion, the burning wreck could not have continued upriver since it had no source of power anymore to drive the paddle wheels; it would have floated downriver with the current, and the Bostona II coming downriver under power would have overtaken it. Biblioteqa (talk) 22:38, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

text: “Overtaking” means passing, as you might “pass” another vehicle on the road that’s dawdling along (bow to stern); This wouldn’t therefore be an overtaking but rather a head-on (when you’re bow to bow). Getting to such minutia of describing it as “head on” in this case is a bit silly, but it wasn’t overtaking. navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=Rule13 (the cited rule is from USCG but matches the international definition, down to the degree.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.197.7.66 (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  the tragedy/ Bostona II 

message: The book Crossing the Deadline: Stephen's Journey's final part is directly tied into re-telling the story of the Sultana disaster (from the first person perspective of the titular, real life individual Stephen Gaston). Should it be mentioned under the "Media" section?
Doc Blue Bird (talk) 14:16, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Crossing the Deadline" Historical Fiction Mention? 

message: In the casualties section, it says "the most recent evidence indicates 1,168". But a few sentences later it says "the most recent research places the number at 969"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.175.1.167 (talk) 14:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: A closer reading shows that the "1,168" number pertains to the number of deaths, and the "969" number refers to the number of survivors. There is no need for confusion. NameIsRon (talk) 16:59, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: And an even closer 'reading' shows that number is completely unsubstantiated. No source, nothing... :) 2A01:5A8:411:AEBA:A97A:B64F:2B36:B77E (talk) 00:05, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion about the casualty numbers