Mary Morton (Packet, 1880-1897)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1880 at Dubuque, Iowa
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Lost at Crain's Island near Grand Tower, Illinois in October 1897
• OWNERS: Diamond Jo Line; Captain John McCaffrey (1895); Captain Robert L. Taylor (circa 1895); Captain T.B. Sims; Anchor Line (1897)
• OFFICERS & CREW: John Killeen (master, 1880, 1882); Charles Ziegler (pilot, circa 1895); Harry Crane (pilot, circa 1895); Captain George Kieth (master, circa 1895); James Boland (master, 1892); Oby Callahan (pilot, 1892); Captain William Boland (master, 1882-1885?); Thomas Burns (pilot); Henry Link (pilot); Fred Buthman (engineer, 1882); Chas Byrnes (engineer, 1882); Frank Cook (pilot); Levi Williams (pilot, 1882); Thos. W. Burns (pilot, 1882); Captain Milt Harry (1896)
• RIVERS: Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3834; Named for the wife of Diamond Jo Reynolds. She was built under the supervision of Captain John F. Killeen. Ran in the upper Mississippi trades. She ran St. Louis-Memphis in November 1896 and in the summer of 1897 she ran the same trade but under charter to Anchor Line. On September 10, 1892 she sank at Clarksville Island while she was in Diamond Jo service
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Mary Morton docked. Sacks of cargo are piled on her deck