Newhanover-Cumberland County NcArchives News.....The Loss of the River Queen. February 25, 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bill Gibson bgibson@uncfsu.edu November 14, 2006, 9:44 pm Observer And Gazette - Fayetteville, NC February 25, 1886 The freight steamer River Queen, which ran between Wilmington and Fayetteville, and from which Capt. A. H. Worth had only a few days since retired as commander, was burned at her wharf in Wilmington during the big fire of Sunday last. The River Queen was owned by Mr. Bagley, and was partially insured. Additional Comments: Capt. A. H. Worth had retired from the River Queen planning to “devote himself to his fine plantation at Kelly’s Cove…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/newhanover/newspapers/thelosso74gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb