Steamers Go Aground, Blocking Ohio River

Article taken from The Lima News, April 30, 1936

PORTSMOUTH, April 30 - (AP) - Rivermen worked today to unscramble two steamers and 16 loaded coal barges which piled up on rocks and sand bars at nearby Sciotoville, blocking Ohio river traffic. The steamers, the E.D. Kenna and the Steel City, ran aground as they attempted to negotiate a narrow channel while towing the barges. Employes in charge of the Ohio river dams said one of the barriers would be opened to raise the water level sufficiently to float the stranded vessels.