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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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Aftermath of collision between steamers Louisiana and Falcon: schooner Criterion salvages 11 bales of cotton from wreck in the bay; wreckers attempt recovery; Baltimore inspectors examine witnesses.
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Portsmouth
Event Date
Saturday To Monday
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wreck of the steamer louisiana; eleven bales of cotton salvaged by criterion; wreckers attempting to raise the steamer; investigation by board of united states inspectors of steam vessels for baltimore examining witnesses from falcon and louisiana
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B. & J. Baker's wrecking schooner Criterion, Captain Creekmur, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday from this city with coal. Captain Creekmur reports passing the wreck of the Louisiana on Saturday. The bay is full of drift cotton and other things from the steamer. The joiner's work is all breaking up and floating about. The Criterion succeeded in picking up eleven bales of cotton, but owing to being loaded very deep with coal, and the weather very rough at the time, she could not get any more. She reports several little vessels lying around picking up the goods. The wreckers have commenced their operations in endeavoring to raise the wreck of the steamer, and should the weather prove favorable, success is anticipated very soon. The Board of United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels for Baltimore are investigating the causes of the disaster, and yesterday a number of witnesses were examined who were on the steamers Falcon and Louisiana at the time of the collision.