J.J. Odil (Packet, 1889-1896)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1889, Nashville, Tennessee
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Wrecked in St. Louis tornado, May 27, 1896
• OWNERS: 1894: Captain Martin Coyne and Captain Louis Roche and others
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1889: Captain W.B. Harris; ca. 1894; Captain Fred King; ca. 1895: Captain Louis Rasch (master); May 1896: Captain Sim Woods (purser)
• RIVERS: Cumberland River; Illinois River; Mississippi River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 2851; She ran the Nashville-Burnside trade under Captain W.B. Harris. In June 1894 she ran the St. Louis-Illinois River trade. She was wrecked in the St. Louis tornado, May 27, 1896. Captain Sim Woods, her purser, lost his life along with four additional persons
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: At shore, passengers and crew on decks