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MARY
1897 - (A) Steamscrew vessel (tug), Mary, #092836, built 1897 at Scranton, Miss.
Des: 64.7 x 14.8 x 5.9; gross/net tonnage, 27/18. Owner and builder not listed. HP: Shieldsboro, Miss. Official Ship Registrations provided by Maritime Historian Russell Barnes.
1900 - (B) Among all the incidents of the last blow were some little ludicrous matters that occurred: for instance, the tug Mary, commanded by Capt. Sam Denny, in returning from Horn Island was tossed and sprayed by the waves to such an alarming extent that a well-known stevedore passenger sent up ardent prayers to heaven for protection, but growing more and more desperate finally demanded of the Captain to be promptly returned to the steamship, which they had just left. “Sit down!” Exclaimed the Captain, “I am master of this boat.” Silence followed as the Stevedore was made to understand that Our Lord did not hold a captain’s license to navigate the waters of the Mississippi Sound. Democrat Star, 1900.
SARAH
•	1867 - Letter to Editor - On Board Steamer Sarah, Mobile, Ala., May, 1867: Yesterday
afternoon (April 30, 1867) at 5:45 the steamer Sarah was struck by a violent tornado near Pascagoula. The steamer was hove down over two feet under water, and being broadside to the wind the engines and rudder had no effect upon her. She remained in this position perhaps a minute, and then her entire cabin and upper works were blown overboard, carrying ten persons with it. One of these ten clung to some portion of the wreck and was pulled on board again. One other was pulled up on a piece of floating wreck. Eight lives were lost, viz: Mr. Geo. Jones, Pilot; Chas. Mettee, steersman; Jas. M. Galahan, clerk; Miss Jennie Tibbets, and Mrs. Gen. O’Farrell. The chambermaid was also lost and two passengers whose names are unknown to me, as the list was lost with the clerk. One was an old lady who had been to visit her son in Mobile, and the other was a Frenchman. The tornado or squall struck the boat without any warning whatever and everything was done to secure the lives of those overboard. A boat was sent after the wreck as soon as possible, and diligent search was made over every portion of it., but the steward was the only person who had succeeded in gaining a place on it; doubtless the cabin in its fall stunned the unfortunate people, and they were not able to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the wreck to save their lives. (Much more in several articles. New Orleans Picayune, May 3, 1867.