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Richmond, VA Steamer Pocohontas Fire, May 1904
Posted May 23rd, 2009 by Linda Horton
FIRE DESTROYS STEAMSHIP
Pocahontas of Virginia Navigation Company Burns at Richmond.
Special to The New York Times.
RICHMOND, Va., April 30.--Fire mysteriously started on the steamship Pocahontas of the Virginia Navigation Company at her wharf here about 9 o'clock tonight, and shortly after 11 o'clock the boat sank. The loss will be 75 per cent. Built ten years ago at Wilmington, Del., at a cost of $100,000, the vessel was insured for half that.
The entire city apparently turned out to watch the fire, which was spectacular.
The New York Times, New York, NY 1 May 1904
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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