W. T. Scovell (Packet, 1895-1906)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1895 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by Howard Ship Yard
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Exploded her boiler at Gold Dust Landing, Louisiana on December 20, 1906
• OWNERS: Red River Line; Cumberland River Packet Company (1905)
• OFFICERS & CREW: Captain F.E. Scovell; R.W. Adams (clerk); Captain H.J. Brinker, Jr. (master, 1903); A.A. Roland (clerk, 1903); William Gulon (clerk, 1903); Sam Readman (pilot, 1903); George Barren (pilot, 1903); Charles Moore (mate, 1903); Captain John Quackenbush (master, circa 1906); Wade Quackenbush (clerk); Joseph Smith (clerk)
• RIVERS: Red River; Cumberland River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 5664; Original price $12,500. Home port or owner's residence circa 1895, New Orleans, Louisiana. She ran in the Red River Line, New Orleans-Shreveport. In September 1903 she sank 20 miles below Shreveport at Devil's Elbow. She went to Nashville, Tennessee and ran in the Cumberland River Packet Company along with the Red River and the Electra in 1905. On December 20, 1906 she exploded her boiler at Gold Dust Landing, Louisiana. Ten people lost their lives including Captain Quackenbush, and clerks Wade Quackenbush and Joseph Smith
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The W.T. Scovell is on the left and a smaller boat is alongside her on the right, loaded with sacks of cargo