1867 — Jan 17, Steamer John Raine Burns, Mississippi River, Greeneville, MS — 59

— 59 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 175.
— 59 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 255.
— 59 Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours. 1977, p. 686.
— 59 Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…MS River System. 1994, 254.

Narrative Information

Way: “John Raine. SW p wh b [Sidewheel packet, wood hull, built] New Albany, Ind., 1858. 541 tons…Ran Louisville-New Orleans, Capt. William Underwood. During Civil War did transport service for the U.S. Burned and lost at Greenville, Miss., Jan 17, 1867 with loss of 59 lives.” (Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…MS River System. 1994, 254.)

Sources

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

Cincinnati Commercial. “River and Steamboat News.” 5-9-1867, p. 7, col. 2. Accessed 9-17-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/cincinnati-commercial-may-09-1867-p-7/

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:
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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.