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encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American steamship</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the ship's namesake city, see <a href="/wiki/Waco,_Texas" title="Waco, Texas">Waco, Texas</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281867%E2%80%931877%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>City of Waco</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><a href="/wiki/Mallory_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallory Line">Mallory Line</a>, New York</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Route</td><td>New York-Galveston</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Iron_Ship_Building_and_Engine_Works" title="Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works">Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a><sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>1873<sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>August 1873<sup id="cite_ref-colton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Burned and sank, November 9, 1875</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td>Passenger/cargo <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>1,486 tons<sup id="cite_ref-colton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>242 ft (74 m)<sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>36 ft (11 m)<sup id="cite_ref-Kalafus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kalafus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Steam engine, single screw<sup id="cite_ref-Kalafus_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kalafus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>City of Waco</b></i> was an American <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamship</a> which sank with much loss of life on November 9, 1875, in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> off <a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston, Texas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ship_history">Ship history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Waco&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ship history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was built in 1873 by <a href="/wiki/John_Roach_%26_Sons" title="John Roach & Sons">John Roach & Sons</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River_Iron_Ship_Building_and_Engine_Works" title="Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works">Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Mallory_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallory Line">Mallory Line</a> of New York City. She made twenty voyages between New York and Galveston before she sank.<sup id="cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoustonChronicle-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the afternoon of November 8, 1875, the ship arrived off Galveston, but heavy weather made it impossible to enter the port, so the ship <a href="/wiki/Heaving_to" title="Heaving to">hove to</a> offshore and waited for the storm to subside. Shortly before midnight a fire broke out aboard, rapidly engulfing the ship, which burned down to the waterline before sinking with the loss of all 56 crew and passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-Kalafus_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kalafus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An investigation into the tragedy discovered that the ship had nine hundred 5 US gal (19 L) cans of <a href="/wiki/Astral_Oil_Works" title="Astral Oil Works">Astral</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerosene" title="Kerosene">lamp oil</a> stored on deck, in direct contravention of maritime regulations which forbade the transport of such a dangerous cargo on a passenger ship.<sup id="cite_ref-Kalafus_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kalafus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wreck was broken up with explosives in 1900 to clear the entrance to the port and then largely forgotten. It was rediscovered in 2003, and explored by marine archeologists of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Historical_Commission" title="Texas Historical Commission">Texas Historical Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=City_of_Waco&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HoustonChronicle-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HoustonChronicle_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTurner2005" class="citation web cs1">Turner, Allen (July 24, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Historians-explore-tragedy-of-the-City-of-Waco-1513639.php">"Historians explore tragedy of the <i>City of Waco</i> ship"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Chronicle" title="Houston Chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/SS_Schiller" title="SS Schiller"><i>Schiller</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/Geffrard" title="Geffrard"><i>Geffrard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Saranac_(1848)" title="USS Saranac (1848)"><i>Saranac</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">1 Jul:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Strathmore_(ship)" title="Strathmore (ship)">Strathmore</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">16 Jul:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Champlain_II" title="Champlain II">Champlain II</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">21 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/French_corvette_Forfait" title="French corvette Forfait"><i>Forfait</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">23 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Abbotsford" title="SS Abbotsford"><i>Abbotsford</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">26 Aug:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Comet_(1857)" title="SS Comet (1857)"><i>Comet</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 1 Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(1870)" title="HMS Vanguard (1870)"><i>Vanguard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">20 Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Vidar" title="SS 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Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Edith_(1870)" title="PS Edith (1870)"><i>Edith</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">6 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Merchant" title="SS Merchant"><i>Merchant</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">31 Oct:</span> <a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Magenta" title="French ironclad Magenta"><i>Magenta</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 5 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/James_W._Elwell_(pilot_boat)" title="James W. Elwell (pilot boat)"><i>James W. Elwell</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 6 Nov:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Pacific_(1850)" title="SS Pacific (1850)"><i>Pacific</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Nov:</span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>City of Waco</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 6 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Deutschland_(1866)" title="SS Deutschland (1866)"><i>Deutschland</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">22 Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Goliath_(1842)" title="HMS Goliath (1842)"><i>Goliath</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">31 Dec:</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Harvest_Queen" title="Harvest Queen">Harvest Queen</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Unk:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Vesta" title="SS Vesta"><i>Amberes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Unk:</span> <a href="/wiki/Dunbrody_(1845)" title="Dunbrody (1845)"><i>Dunbrody</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left; padding:0 1em 0 1em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 14em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">18 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vulcan_(1849)" title="HMS Vulcan (1849)"><i>Jorawur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/PS_Countess_of_Erne_(1868)" title="PS Countess of Erne (1868)"><i>Countess of Erne</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Charybdis_(1859)" title="HMS Charybdis (1859)">HMS <i>Charybdis</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Adriatic_(1871)" title="SS Adriatic (1871)"><i>Adriatic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/Shady_Side_(steamboat)" title="Shady Side (steamboat)"><i>Shady Side</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 7 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(1863)" title="HMS Tamar (1863)">HMS <i>Tamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">15 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(1863)" title="HMS Tamar (1863)">HMS <i>Tamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle_(1872)" title="HMS Beagle (1872)">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/Shady_Side_(steamboat)" title="Shady Side (steamboat)"><i>Shady Side</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">24 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Chilean_corvette_Esmeralda" title="Chilean corvette Esmeralda"><i>Esmeralda</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">21 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/SS_Abbotsford" title="SS Abbotsford"><i>Abbotsford</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">21 Jul:</span> <a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Jeanne_d%27Arc" title="French ironclad Jeanne d'Arc"><i>Jeanne d'Arc</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; 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