Found an article in an 1868 Australian newspaper that stated that four crew members of the Steamship Pioneer successfully sued Capt Shackford for L2 for breach of contract. Apparently during a trip from Charleston to Liverpool in 1868 he filled their sleeping space with cotton forcing them to berth with the six firemen and not giving them their due 72 cubic feet/person. Believe that Capt J. W. Shackford was the master of the Pioneer from 1866 - 1872. How I can learn more about the size and layout of this steamship. Article found at "SEAMEN AND THEIR SLEEPING PLACES.," The Newcastle Chronicle (Newcastle, Australia), 17 September 1868; digital images, Trove (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ : accessed 19 October 2013). Thanks Joanne Joanne Shackford Parkes http://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com/shackford-blog.html http://www.facebook.com/ShackfordGenealogy