What a couple of interesting - and saddening - stories, particularly that of the Slocum with the loss of so many children.
Joe, thanks for the addresses.
I googled the Sultana (fire+sultana+steamer) and had around 485 hits. The very first was a Sultana webring address -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sultana.htm - with plenty of links. This might give 'wideglide98' some leads on publications, images, etc. that might be of background interest or for further research.
Just love those Taubman plans - purchased the USS Monitor plans a year or more ago and received a massive bundle of paper with detail to die for. Wisht he'd heard of my Britannia! :-)
Tony
Auckland, NZ