People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — Old River Craft Burned. [ARTICLE]

Old River Craft Burned.

New Orleans, Aug. 21.—The steamer John D. Scully, one of the oldest crafts plying southern waters, was destroyed by fire while tied to the bank at Carrollton last night. She was owned by Captain M. N. Wood, an old-timer, well known in river circles, end was usually run as an independent packet during the busy season in the tributaries and bayous of the Mississippi river.