I've been following this for awhile and this will be so cool to see!!

CITY OF WACO Wreck Rediscovered
July 27: The Texas Historical Commission is focusing new attention on the wreck of the CITY OF WACO as professional and amateur marine archaeologists team up to document vessel. Sonar readings of the recently rediscovered wreckage 40 feet below the Gulf of Mexico surface and preliminary dives, have determined that the remarkably well-preserved hull is indeed that of the lost Mallory Lines vessel.

CITY OF WACO, a 242-foot-long single-screw iron-hulled steamer built in Philadelphia by the John Roach shipyard, entered service in late 1873 and made 20 round trips between New York City and Galveston before it burned and sank. Crews on a dozen ships anchored near the doomed vessel about a mile off Galveston's south jetty on November 8, 1875, first heard an explosion, then saw the ship, which had arrived from New York City that afternoon, burst into flames. Over the howl of gale-force winds, the passengers' cries for help were heard. 56 passenger and crew died in what was the states worst maritime disaster.

The cause of the initial fire remains a mystery, but once the flames had reached the 200 cases of lamp oil (called Aster Oil) stored illegally on deck, there was no hope. A lightning strike might have triggered the inferno. Additional dives are planned for later this year. Excavation of the site is being considered if funding can be secured. While, Texas A&M University at Galveston has expressed interest in conducting a magnetometer survey of the sea floor ‹ an effort that could locate anchors or portions of the ship that have migrated from the main wreck site. Only three bodies were ever recovered and the ship's dog may have been the only living thing to make it ashore.