The small steamship Main was caught in a hurricane on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana, capsized, and sank.  All aboard, six crewmen and four passengers were drowned.  (By John Osborne)

In Grand View Reach on the Mississippi River, at around three in the morning, fire broke out on the steamboat Alabama making its way from Shreveport to New Orleans, Louisiana.  The supposed cause was several of the hundred passengers aboard smoking amongst the 1,200 bales of cotton aboard.  The blaze total complete control of the vessel but the crew were able to steer her to shore and all passengers and crew escaped with thier lives.  The Alabama and her cargo, worth $100,000, were both lost in the flames, however. (By John Osborne)

The Mississippi steamboat W.S. Osborn was completely destroyed by fire while moored at the dock in New Orleans.  The vessel's cargo had been unloaded the previous day and the empty steamer took fire in mid-afternoon and was burned down to the waterline .  No serious injuries were reported but the estimated financial loss was $75,000. (By John Osborne)

The steamboat Henry Van Phul, loaded with 3,465 bales of cotton and around a hundred passengers was heading down the Mississippi from Memphis to its destination of New Orleans when fire touched off by smokestack sparks was discovered at around four in the morning.  The crew were able to bring the vessel to the shore eight miles above Donaldsonville, Louisiana where it was completely destroyed but one crewman and five passengers lost their lives. Financial losses to boat and cargo totalled $350,000. (By John Osborne)

The Mississippi steamboat Fashion was heading down-river from Vicksburg to New Orleans with 175 passengers and 2,700 bales of cotton when fire broke out at around 3:30 a.m. approximately fifty miles above Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The captain drove the vessel aground to enable passengers to get ashore but the fire, mostly in the cargo, left those in the stern with only the option of jumping into the river.  Forty-three passengers and crew lost their lives and the Fashion was completely destroyed.  (By John Osborne)