Another ship lost by fire

[Batavia]

A small steamer was lost by fire a few miles from Donaldsonville... She was loaded with 500 bales of cotton, 90 hogshead of sugar etc... On 60 passengers, more than 40 lost their life.

There was also on board US$ 50.000 belonging to several banks from New Orleans.

 

[REALESALVAGE]

Donaldsonville = Where is this By the way I have enjoyed your very nice informative website many times, Nice work... Troy

 

[TheHarleyMan2]

Donaldsonville = Where is this By the way I have enjoyed your very nice informative website many times, Nice work... Troy

Louisiana, 70 miles from Baton Rouge and about 40-50 miles from New Orleans

 

[REALESALVAGE]

Thanks Harley Man...

 

[Batavia]

Donaldsonville = Where is this By the way I have enjoyed your very nice informative website many times, Nice work... Troy

Thanks Troy... I enjoy to update it everyday, as much as you do reading it... :-)

 

[REALESALVAGE]

Yes well thanks again I really like the Archaeological Pages... I have spent endless hours on your site and followed the very informative links you have provided... I thirst for knowlege and your site quenches that thirst, Cheers...

 

[TheHarleyMan2]

Was this just recently, or something long ago. I tried searching the internet and didn't find anything. Do you have a link?

 

[Batavia]

Yes well thanks again I really like the Archaeological Pages... I have spent endless hours on your site and followed the very informative links you have provided... I thirst for knowlege and your site quenches that thirst, Cheers...

Thanks to you for your support :-)

Did you check the links wih "Precious Old News" http://www.oceantreasures.org/rubrique,archives-i,1086259.html ?

Hundred of shipwreck and treasure news stories arranged by dates...

 

[Salvor6]

Batavia I have spent days reading thru your web site. Some very interesting stories that you don't see in treasure hunting books. Thanks.

 

[Batavia]

Batavia I have spent days reading thru your web site. Some very interesting stories that you don't see in treasure hunting books. Thanks.

Thanks Salvor6... I am trying to publish some different and unknown stories. Still more to come... :-)

 

[REALESALVAGE]

Yes well thanks again I really like the Archaeological Pages... I have spent endless hours on your site and followed the very informative links you have provided... I thirst for knowlege and your site quenches that thirst, Cheers...

Thanks to you for your support :-)

Did you check the links wih "Precious Old News" http://www.oceantreasures.org/rubrique,archives-i,1086259.html ?

Hundred of shipwreck and treasure news stories arranged by dates...

Yes I have and I just about read everyone of them... Thankyou for the blurry eyed insomina ridden knowledge fiend I have become LOL

 

[cornelis 816]

Batavia , are you Pascal C ? Cornelius

 

[Batavia]

Batavia , are you Pascal C ? Cornelius

Yes Cornelius, it's me Pascal...

 

[LuckyKevin]

Very informative...thanks. This stuff is addicting!

 

[CaptJohn]

Have any1 of you found the story? if so where? Was the $50,000 made up of Gold or Silver?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Just found this post and was looking into it a bit. The big problem is that the river there has been heavily dredged, and there are huge levees on both sides. Not much chance of finding it unless it was in an older channel that is filled in now.

 

[pcolaboy]

Donaldsonville, LA
30.108345° N, 90.991918° W