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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Destruction of the steamer Schultz by the explosion of a torpedo. (search)
Destruction of the steamer Schultz by the explosion of a torpedo. --On Friday afternoon last, the steamer Schultz, commanded by Captain D. J. Hill, was destroyed by running afoul of a torpedo in James river, between Cox's landing and Chaffin's bluff. Our contemporary of the Whig has been furnished with the following particulars of the unfortunate occurrence: "The Schultz had gone down in the morning to Cox's landing, in company with the steamer William Allison, for the purpose of br "William Hudson, Twentieth South Carolina, and James Spear, of the same regiment, are also among the saved. "The names of those given above as among the drowned are believed to complete the list of the lost by this sad catastrophe. "Captain Hill, we understand, was acting as pilot of the Schultz at the time. We are informed that whilst passing the fleet on the down ward trip, in the morning, he had hailed one of the gunboats, and asked that a pilot be sent aboard to see to the naviga