1851 — Dec 4 or 9, Steamer Clermont snags, sinks, White River, near Augusta, AR –20-23

— 23 Daily Ledger, New Albany, IN. 12-15-1851, p. 2.
— 23 The Sun, Baltimore, MD. “Loss of a Steamer and Twenty-three Lives.” Dec 22, 1851, 1.)
— 22 The Madisonian, Madison, IN. 12-29-1851, p. 2.
— 20 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 275.
— 20 Nash, Jay Robert. Darkest Hours. 1977, p. 682.
— 20 Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994: Passenger Steamboats of…[MS Riv.]… 1999, p. 100.

Narrative Information

Berman: “Clermont. St. p [steam sidewheel]. 121 [tons]. 1845 [built]. Unknown [cause]. White River, Ark. 20 lives lost.” (Berman 1972, 275.)

Way: “Clermont…Cincinnati, Oh. [built]. 121 tons. Lost on White River, Ark., Dec 9, 1851, with loss of 20 lives.”

Newspapers

Dec 12: “Memphis, Dec. 12. Steamer Clermont sunk in White river. Twenty-three lives lost. Total loss.” (Daily Ledger, New Albany, IN. 12-15-1851, p. 2.)

Dec 19: “Louisville, Dec. 19. — A telegraphic dispatch in the St. Louis papers of the 15th from Memphis, says that the steamer Clermont sunk in White river and 23 lives were lost.” (The Sun, Baltimore, MD. “Loss of a Steamer and Twenty-three Lives.” Dec 22, 1851, 1.)

Dec 29: “The steamer Clermont, No. 2, from Memphis, when near Augusta, on White river, on the evening of the 4th inst., was snagged, and sunk instantly in deep water, carrying with her twenty-two persons, who, at the time, were asleep on the deck. The officers, crew, and cabin passengers, were all saved.” (The Madisonian, Madison, IN. 12-29-1851, p. 2.)

Sources

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

Daily Ledger, New Albany, IN. 12-15-1851, p. 2. Accessed 8-18-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-albany-daily-ledger-dec-15-1851-p-2/

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.

The Madisonian, Madison, IN. 12-29-1851, p. 2, column 1. Accessed 8-18-2020 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-daily-madisonian-dec-29-1851-p-2/

The Sun, Baltimore, MD. “Loss of a Steamer and Twenty-three Lives.” Dec 22, 1851, 1.
Accessed at ProQuest Archiver

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.