{"id":1483,"date":"2012-06-11T12:49:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T12:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2012-06-11T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:34:52","slug":"captain-william-maikell-history-1919-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=1483","title":{"rendered":"Captain William Maikell history (1919 era)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does anyone have any history on Captain William Maikell<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you Jim for your reply\u2026here is a little more information from articles printed in Newspapers about my great grandfather\u2026looks like he also did some work in Texas. I would so love to hear from any one who had more information on him.<\/p>\n

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________________________________________________________ STEAMBOAT GOES DOWN Strikes Snag in Red River and Goes to Bottom. Shreveport La. March 12 (not sure of the Year) The Stern Wheel boat Barlow, Capt. William Maikell, struck a snag in Red River six miles above Shreveport this morning and sunk in seven feet of water. She carried\u00a0 a full cargo of provisions for plantations along the Upper Red River. Her Crew of five men are said to have escaped. The accident occurred opposite Colquitts Landing which can not be reached by telegraph or telephone. No particulars are obtainable.<\/p>\n

________________ Next article: Another article on Capt. Maikell occurred in the Port Arthur Tx. Beaumont\u00a0 where he was hired by the Shell company to be the lead engineer to raise the Barge \u201cCyclone\u201d \u2014This article was small but I transcribed most of it Capt. Maikell Barge Cyclone Raised 1910 Port Arthur Tx. \u201cBeaumont Enterprise and Journal\u201d Barge \u201c Cyclone\u201d Raised<\/p>\n

Captain Maikell rights the Vessel in Sabina River Near Orange<\/p>\n

Port Arthur, Texas, Dec. 18-The Iceland shell company\u2019s barge \u201cCyclone \u201c was righted last Saturday by Captain Maikell a professional wrecker from New Orleans and was taken to Orange and pumped\u00a0 out. She will be again put in commission in the san J and shell bossiness’s. Captain Maikell was working for the underwriters who would not make public the cost of the job. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some things can be arrived at by analysis and comparison and the righting of the Cyclone is one of them. The Texas Dredging company\u2019s barge \u201cH Deuteer\u201d which turned turtle in the lower Nechesis a year ago cost $2,250 go put upon its feet. These figures appear to be out of all proportion to a job like that, but they are correct. In the final attempt which succeeded to right the \u201cDeuteer\u201d four of the heaviest sea going tugs in these waters were employed at once. These tugs were the \u201cCaptain \u201c the della, \u201c the Russell and the \u201cViva.\u201d\u00a0 The last named tug was owned by the steering company. The others were hired. The service of sea- going tug is worth about one hundred dollars a day. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While the Deuteer\u201d was turned over in about three hours, when the four tugs got a grip on the craft, yet a month had been spent before the numerous and vain attempts to get the vessel on its feet. This was what made the cost run up to over $2,000 about one \u2013half of the original cost of the barge. The job on the \u201c Cyclone\u201d was done much cheaper for fewer\u2026.at taking her had been marked. But that it was an under-writer\u2019s job, and that a professional man had to be accrued from New Orleans. Individuals indicates that the expense was heavy. In a swift current the\u2026.. would have been particularly \u2026\u2026(a little more to this article but light and difficult to read) They were successful.<\/p>\n

________________ newpaper articles Notice from 30 Mar. 1919 Times Picayne (Maikell to furnish Boats)<\/p>\n

Capt. Wm. Maikell \u2013 Article dated 30 March 1919 Times Picayune Has the privilege to furnish boats to carry visitors to the war vessels now at anchor in stream \/ foot of Canal street and will have the steamer Dixie and the launches Hazel and Henry W.. Visitors allowed aboard from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Round trip 25 cents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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