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(This new feature on North American wrecks will be maintained as time permits. Suggestions for future features appreciated... forward details and why you think the vessel merits the acknowledgement). Vessel: SULTANA (with loss of 1547 to 1653 lives) (more info. appreciated) Date: April 27th, 1865. (poss: Apr. 23rd). With the end of the Civil War, the wooden side-wheeler SULTANA left Vicksburg, Mississippi, on April 21st, for the trip north (poss. to St. Louis, Missouri) returning freed prisoners. Licensed for 276 passengers, military authorities overloaded the vessel to clear out the released prisoners of war. Enroute she stopped at Helena to clean her boilers, then increased her load with 50 pigs and 100 barrels of sugar at Memphis. At Tagleman's Landing, 8 miles above Memphis, Tennessee, her boiler exploded with tragic consequences. This was followed by a fire. The result being that the overloaded and weakened decks collapsed dropping the passengers into the holds. One reference estimates the loss of live at 1547, while another puts the count at 1653. Tonnage: 1719 (Ref:Hocking) or 660 (Ref:Lytle & Holdcamper) Place Built: Cincinnati, Ohio. Year Built: 1863. Captain: J.C. Mason. Approx. Site: 35 North./090 West. Loss of Life: 1547 (Lytle-Holdcamper), or 1653 of 2394 (Hocking). References: 1. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea... - 1824-1962, by Charles Hocking 2. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1790-1868, (aka: The Lytle-Holdcamper List), Re-published by Steamship Historical Society of America, 1975. More information on Northern Maritime Research's NORTHERN SHIPWRECK DATABASE can be found on my www site listed in the signature block below. Yours, Dave Barron *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* | David N. Barron 44 41' N./63 40' W. | | Northern Maritime Research (research project name) | | Northern Shipwrecks Database (results of ongoing research) | | Box 48047, Bedford, N.S. | | Canada. B4A 3Z2 | | e-mail <ad514@ch*.ns*.ca*> | | Our `NEW' (as of Oct. 1st) www (FAQ) site can be found at... | | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ad514/Profile.html (use capital `P') | *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -*
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