Thomas Sherlock (Packet, 1873-1891)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1873 at Cincinnati, Ohio at Macks Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Collided with a pier of the C. and O. bridge on February 16, 1891 and was wrecked
• OWNERS: Captain Henry U. Hart, Henry A. Jones, Thomas Sherlock, James Mack and Charles G. Pearce; Captain James Nichols (1880); White Collar Line
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain Henry U. Hart (master, 1873) ; M.L. Virden (clerk, master); Captain Lew Kates (master, 1878); Captain James Nichols (master, 1880); Captain Sterling McIntyre (master, 1891); M.M. McIntyre (purser, 1891); Pres Ellison (clerk, 1891); William C., Lepper, Jr. (clerk, 1891); George Trunnel (pilot, 1891); J. Lee (mate, 1891); J. Dupee (mate, 1891); John Streffer (steward, 1891); Will Jones (watchman, 1891); Eugene McClain (chief engineer, 1891)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5376; Her machinery was from the Alice Dean (2nd). Her nickname was "Brocky Tom". She ran Cincinnati-New Orleans. On the evening of February 16, 1891, she was loaded out at Cincinnati and had left for New Orleans. While rounding to, she collided with a pier of the C. and O. bridge and was destroyed