List of steamboat wrecks on the Missouri River, from the beginning of steamboat navigation to the present time-Continued.

Boiler ex-
plosion.

Mo.

Collision...

St. Louis and Fort Benton. Nov. 18, 1879 Bismarck, N. Dak.

Captain Smith was one of the founders of the Memphis Packet Co. and also of the well-known Anchor Line of steamers. Boat and cargo a total loss. No lives lost.

Side-wheel; St. Louis and Omaha. Capt. June 23, 1870 Head of Brunswick Snag.
A. Barnes, master.

Side-wheel.... Weston and St. Joseph. Apr. 17, 1851
Capt. Frank Dozier, mas-

Island.

Cora (No. 2).
Cora (No. 3)..

1865 30 miles above Omaha, near Calhoun,

Unknown..

Nebr.

The Col. McCloud was built for the purpose of doing
low-water work on the Upper Missouri River, but was
a failure so far as being a light-draft boat. After
the close of navigation in 1879 she and the steamer
Butte, of the Powers Line, were to be repaired
on the ways at Bismarck. The Butte was pulled out
one evening, and the Col. McCloud was dropped into
the foot of the ways, with the intention of pulling
her out the next morning. After the men had quit
work a storm came up and blew the Butte loose,
allowing her to slide down the ways, and striking
the McCloud with such force that she (the McCloud)
was sunk at the foot of the ways, and proved a total
loss. A long lawsuit ensued between the owners of
the boats.

Built by Captain Wharton, at Millers Landing (New
Haven), Mo., during the war, of Missouri burr oak,
of good strong timber, but the lumber was not long
enough. The boat leaked a great deal. She was
one of the boats that made up the original St. Louis
and Omaha Packet Company's line of steamers.
Boat was insured for $2,100.

Sunk on first trip.

Boat and cargo a total loss. No lives lost.

St. Louis and Fort Benton. Aug. 13, 1869 Bellefontaine Bluffs.. Snag.
Capt.Joe Kinney, of Boon-

Stern-wheel

Name of boat.

Dacotah (No. 2)...

Stern wheel;

St. Louis and Kansas City.. Sept. 17, 1884 Near Providence, Mo.

List of steamboat wrecks on the Missouri River, from the beginning of steamboat navigation to the present time-Continued.

Snag.

tons.

Circus boat. Charles Davis,

pilot.

Had on board a circus company. Capt. Joseph La
Barge came along on the John M. Chambers and
took off the passengers.

An old boat, valued at $3,000. Boat and cargo a total
loss. No lives lost.

Was afterwards raised and worn out on the Lower
Mississippi. She was a peculiar looking boat, hav-
ing side wheels, but clear back at the stern. Named
for a mayor of St. Louis, Mo.

Dart.

1838

tially owned and com-
manded by Capt. John
Cleveland.

Struck snag and exploded her boilers and sank.

...do

June, 1860
1857

plosion.
Fire
Snag..
Fire

Daniel G. Taylor.

..do

Side-wheel;
about 240 by
38 feet; 543
tons.

Side-wheel;
single en-
gine.

Stern-wheel

Stern-wheel;
148 tons.
Side-wheel....
Side-wheel;
225 by 33 feet;

300 tons.

Center-wheel
Side wheel...

Missouri River trade. Par

Missouri River trade........ Oct. 26, 1878

.do

Above Arago, Nebr...
Mouth of Osage River.
Smiths Bar, Missouri.
St. Joseph and Omaha. May 16, 1867 St. Joseph, Mo..
Owned by the Hannibal
and St. Joseph R. R. Co.
John Waddell, master.
St. Joseph and Omaha, and
ferrying.

Boat

and cargo a total loss. No insurance. 2 lives lost.

Named for the first governor of Colorado. The wreck
was afterwards rebuilt into the Denver No. 2. The
Denver No. 1 burnt while lying at the wharf at St.
Joseph, Mo.
Built out of the wreck of the Denver No. 1.

Built for the Cincinnati and 'Louisville Packet Com-
pany by Capt. Joe Swagers, one of the founders of
above line. The steamer Diana was wrecked twice;
the first time March, 1836, when she was bound for
Council Bluffs, by striking a snag near Lexington.
Her cargo was put ashore, but high water carried
most of it off. The boat was temporarily repaired,
brought to St. Louis and fixed up. She was next
wrecked by striking a snag 24 mlles above Roche-
port, in what is now known as Diana Bend. Part
of the cargo was saved. There was some expecta
tation that the boat would be raised, but she was
abandoned.

witt, Mo.

List of steamboat wrecks on the Missouri River, from the beginning of steamboat navigation to the present time-Continued.

Remarks.

Missouri River trade. Capt. Apr. 10, 1855 Foot of Franklins Is- Snag.
Bill Terrell, owner; Capt.
W. R. Massie, master.