Product code: 1888 Dec 26 Original St. Paul Pioneer Press - Steamer John H. Hannah Burned FL4 deals
See Pics for condition. 1888 Dec 26 Original St. Paul Pioneer Press - Steamer John H. Hannah Burned FL4 NEW OrLEaNS, Dec. 25. -The steamboat John H. Hanna, from the Ouachita river, with a large number of passengers and a cargo 01 3,000 bales of cotton, was burned last night at Plaquemine, La, It is stated that of one hundred passengers on board at the time of the disaster only fourteen are known to have been saved. The John H. Hanna was built in Madison, Ind. deals, in 1876 and hailed from Louisville, Ay. She was of 377 tonnage and was owned by the Ouachita River Consolidated line. She was valued at $18,000 and was insured for $12,000 in local and foreign companies. Capt. J. W. Blanks, president of the com-pany.says that the latest advices he has are to the effect that the steamboat left Monroe, La., on Monday morning at 6 o'clock with 1,900 bales or cotton.
See Pics for condition. 1888 Dec 26 Original St. Paul Pioneer Press - Steamer John H. Hannah Burned FL4 NEW OrLEaNS, Dec. 25. -The steamboat John H. Hanna, from the Ouachita river, with a large number of passengers and a cargo 01 3,000 bales of cotton, was burned last night at Plaquemine, La, It is stated that of one hundred passengers on board at the time of the disaster only fourteen are known to have been saved. The John H. Hanna was built in Madison, Ind. deals, in 1876 and hailed from Louisville, Ay. She was of 377 tonnage and was owned by the Ouachita River Consolidated line. She was valued at $18,000 and was insured for $12,000 in local and foreign companies. Capt. J. W. Blanks, president of the com-pany.says that the latest advices he has are to the effect that the steamboat left Monroe, La., on Monday morning at 6 o'clock with 1,900 bales or cotton.