City of Pittsburg (Packet, 1899-1902)
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- 1901
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BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
BOAT TYPE: Packet
BUILT: 1899 at Harmar, Ohio at Knox Yard
FINAL DISPOSITION: Burned at 4 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, 1902 along the Kentucky shore of the Ohio River in the Grand Chain, not far above Dam 53
OWNERS: Captain John M. Phillips, Pittsburgh; Dana Scott, Zanesville; George Wallace, McConnelsville; Charles Beckwith, Malta; A.L. Brahm, Pittsburgh
OFFICERS & CREW: Captain John M. Phillips (commanding officer, 1899; master, 1902); Dana Scott (purser, 1899); James Rawley (pilot, 1899); Ed McLaughlin (pilot, 1899); Art Shriver (mate, 1902); Clayton Crawford (engineer, 1902); Harry Doss (pilot, 1902); Captain Wes Doss (senior pilot, 1902); Tom Smith (cub pilot, 1902)
RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 1122; Much of her equipment was from the former City of New Orleans. Her first trip was a round trip Pittsburgh-New Orleans, after which she was entered in the Pittsburgh-Louisville trade 1899 and spring of 1900. Ran Cincinnati-Louisville briefly, then was entered in the Cincinnati-Memphis trade. When she burned in 1902, over 60 lives were lost including Captain Sylvester Doss, pilot and Tom Smith, cub pilot
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