H. M. Carter (Packet, 1901-1908)
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet
BUILT: 1901 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yards
FINAL DISPOSITION: Exploded her boilers near Bayou Goula on November 20, 1908
OWNERS: Carter Packet Company
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain H. M. Carter; Captain E. A. Rucker (pilot, 1908)
RIVERS: Mississippi River; Red River; Ouachita River; Black River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2493; Ran New Orleans-Ouachita-Black rivers. She sank in June 1905 at Alexandria, Louisiana while on a trip up the Red River. She was in the New Orleans-Baton Rouge trade when she exploded. Ten or more were killed
PHOTO DESCRIPTION: Loaded with barrels of cargo
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