1848 — Nov 21, Steamer Wyandotte Snags and Sinks, MS River, above Vicksburg, MS– 30

— 30 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 197.
— 30 Lloyd. Lloyd’s Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters. 1856, p. 296.
— 30 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 232.
— 30 Nash. Darkest Hours. 1977, p. 681.
— 30 Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…MS River System. 1994, 492.

Narrative Information

Lloyd: “The steamer Wyandotte was totally wrecked on the Mississippi, above Vicksburg, November 21, 1848. Thirty of the passengers and crew perished.” (Lloyd 1856, p. 296.)

Way: “Wyandotte. SW p wh b [Sidewheel packet, wood hull, built] Cincinnati, Oh., 1847. 314 tons. She landed on Paw-Paw Island, above Vicksburg, Miss., to unload quarreling deck passengers, hit a snag, and went down, Nov. 21, 1848. The life loss was set at 30 persons.” (Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…MS River System. 1994, p. 492.)

Sources

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

Lloyd, James T. Lloyd’s Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters. Cincinnati, Ohio: James T. Lloyd & Co., 1856. Digitized by Google. Accessed at: http://books.google.com/books?id=JlYqAAAAYAAJ

Lytle, William M., compiler, from Official Merchant Marine Documents of the United States and Other Sources; Holdcamper, Forrest H. (Editor, and Introduction by). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. “The Lytle List.” Mystic, CT: Steamship Historical Society of America (Publication No. 6), 1952. Accessed 8-16-2020 at:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039084&view=1up&seq=8&size=125

Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours – A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present. New York: Pocket Books, Wallaby, 1977, 792 pages.

Way, Frederick Jr. (Author and Compiler), Joseph W. Rutter (contributor). Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi River System Since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America (Revised). Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 1999.