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Fred Swain
Title
Fred Swain
Date
1909-08-20
Description
The Fred Swain was built at Stillwater, Minnesota in 1900. She was a sidewheeler with no texas. Her dimensions were:- 142 x 28.3 x 4.5 feet; tonnage, gross and net, 124 tons. She operated mostly on the Illinois River around Peoria. On August 20, 1909, she burned to the water's edge at Peoria, Illinois; fifty-eight persons were aboard but no lives lost.
Fred Swain
Title
Fred Swain
Description
Steamboat Fred Swain at a levee, city in the background.
The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 22
Title
The Waterways Journal, Volume 22, Number 22
Date
1909-08-28,
Description
Vol. XXII, No. 22. Steamer Fred Swain Burns: Boat Said to be Total Loss-Capt. Verne Swain and Engineer Joe Carskaden Real Heroes, Saving Many Lives. Congressman Borland in Washington. Pilot Sid Smith Dead.

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