when Telegraph was backing away from the wharf, and then struck Dispatch on the left side near the rear of the vessel, where the engines were located. Dispatch was leaving the dock at the time. The collision caused the loss of about 20 feet of the rear portion of the cabin structure on Dispatch. As a result of this collision the license of Captain Panter was suspended for thirty days. About a year previously, Captain Panter's license had been suspended for 18 months, but the suspension time had been reduced following Panter's appeal. There had been a number of similar incidents on the river, and rivalry between the competing steamboat lines was thought to be the principal reason for the Coquille river cases then being investigated by the steamboat inspectors. Disposition Automobile roads were built in the Coquille Valley in the 1920s, which quickly eliminated most of the demand for riverine passenger and freight service. In 1924, the closing of the Nestil Milk Condensing Plant in Bandon took away a major remaining customer for the boat. Telegraph was abandoned, along with several other steamboats, along the banks of the Coquille River at Lampa Creek. Plans in archive In September 1992, five blackline plans on five sheets of Telegraph were donated to the Oregon Historical Society. See also Steamboats of the Coquille River Notes 1914 ships Coos County, Oregon Steamboats of Oregon Steamboats of the Coquille River Ships built in Oregon