While on her last trip the steamer Lucy lost one of her crew, a deck hand named John MAGETT.  It seems that while off North river MAGETT slipped off a pile of shingles into the water and was drowned before assistance could reach him.

It seems that the Lucy is very unlucky with her crew, this is the second man lost off her deck within twelve months, whether the ill fat is attributed to the inconvenience of the steamer or the carelessness of the crew we can’t say but the latter we expect.

Source: Roanoke Beacon,  20 September 1889.  Available online at digitalnc.org.