Category:New Jersey (ship, 1838)

The ferry-boat “New Jersey” 1838, Camden and Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Company, Captain Richard Fetters, built by John Fitch for the Gloucester ferry, was burned Saturday evening, March 15, 1856.

SOURCE: Page(s) 360-385, History of Camden County, New Jersey, by George R. Prowell, L.J. Richards & Co. 1886, Published 2010 by the Camden County Genealogy Project, See Page 368. History of Camden County, New Jersey, by George R. Prowell.

Robert Wharton Sykes built the steamboats "Robert Wharton" and "New Jersey," the latter made memorable in 1856, twenty years afterwards, when she was destroyed by fire, losing sixty of her passengers, while making a trip from Philadelphia to Camden, the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company having purchased the boat from Captain Loper, who found her too small for the Gloucester business.

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Conflagration of the steam boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada, March 15th 1856 in which 50 Persons lost their lives RMG PU6682.jpg 1,280 × 1,004; 1,012 KB
Conflagration of the Steam Boat New Jersey on the Delaware River opposite Philada, March 15th 1856, in which 60 Persons lost their lives RMG PY0177.tiff 4,800 × 3,354; 46.06 MB
Conflagration of the Steam Boat New Jersey on the Delaware River Opposite Philadelphia, March 15, 1856, in Which 50 Persons Lost Their Lives 9463.png 1,213 × 1,024; 2.63 MB
Terrible conflagration and destruction of the steam-boat "New Jersey,"On the River Delaware, opposite Philadelphia, on the night of Saturday, March 15th, 1856, between 8 and 9 o'clock, by which (4586154155).jpg 716 × 513; 223 KB
Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of the Steamboat New Jersey 9502.png 1,429 × 1,024; 3.56 MB
Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of the Steamboat New Jersey 9504.png 1,332 × 1,024; 2.51 MB

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