1870 — Feb 19, Steamer Emma No. 3 snags, burns, Miss. River, Island 35/Reverie, TN– 40

— 40 Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Proceedings of… 1871, p. 57.
— 40 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 275.
–35-40 Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…[MS River]. 1999, p. 149.

Narrative Information

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels: “Memphis, Tennessee [Sixth District office]….February 19, 1870 – Emma No. 3, struck a snag and sunk at Island No. 35; the boat in sinking careened over, so that the cabin stoves upset, setting fire to that portion not under water, thereby driving the crew and passengers into the river, drowning forty persons. To prevent a recurrence of a calamity from similar causes (the burning of the steamer being the real cause of the loss of life) the stoves on all steamers within the sixth district are now required to be securely fastened. Boat a total loss. Inspected and owned in the Cincinnati district.” (Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, January, 1871. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. 1871, p. 57.)

Way: Sternwheel wood-hull packet built at Pittsburgh, PA, in 1866, at 495 tons. “….She was snagged and sunk at Island 35, Mississippi River, Feb. 19, 1870. Sank to the boiler deck, caught fire and burned. Thirty-five or 40 people were drowned. One group of those lost were in a yawl which capsized. Walter Maratta was first clerk, and was lost. Caleb Maratta, the mate, survived, both brothers of Capt. J. H. Maratta….” (Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…[MS River]. 1999, p. 149.)

Sources

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Held at Washington, D.C., January, 1871. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. Accessed 8-25-2020 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=sLhTAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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=9&size=125&q1=ceres

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.

Wikipedia. “Reverie, Tennessee.” 7-31-2020 edit. Accessed 8-25-2020 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverie,_Tennessee

— 40 Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Proceedings of… 1871, p. 57.
— 40 Lytle and Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the [U.S.] 1807-1868. 1952, p. 275.
–35-40 Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…[MS River]. 1999, p. 149.

Narrative Information

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels: “Memphis, Tennessee [Sixth District office]….February 19, 1870 – Emma No. 3, struck a snag and sunk at Island No. 35; the boat in sinking careened over, so that the cabin stoves upset, setting fire to that portion not under water, thereby driving the crew and passengers into the river, drowning forty persons. To prevent a recurrence of a calamity from similar causes (the burning of the steamer being the real cause of the loss of life) the stoves on all steamers within the sixth district are now required to be securely fastened. Boat a total loss. Inspected and owned in the Cincinnati district.” (Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, January, 1871. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. 1871, p. 57.)

Way: Sternwheel wood-hull packet built at Pittsburgh, PA, in 1866, at 495 tons. “….She was snagged and sunk at Island 35, Mississippi River, Feb. 19, 1870. Sank to the boiler deck, caught fire and burned. Thirty-five or 40 people were drowned. One group of those lost were in a yawl which capsized. Walter Maratta was first clerk, and was lost. Caleb Maratta, the mate, survived, both brothers of Capt. J. H. Maratta….” (Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats…[MS River]. 1999, p. 149.)

Sources

Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Held at Washington, D.C., January, 1871. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. Accessed 8-25-2020 at: https://books.google.com/books?id=sLhTAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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=9&size=125&q1=ceres

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.

Wikipedia. “Reverie, Tennessee.” 7-31-2020 edit. Accessed 8-25-2020 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverie,_Tennessee