©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
E
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E.C.L.
Other names :
built as the brig
Official no. :
7294
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1845, Doolittle & Miller, Sackett's Harbor, NY
Specs :
249 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 24
Place of loss :
Sister Bay, near Death's Door, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore while anchored
and wrecked, she was a total loss. She was stripped on the 27th.
Rebuilt in 1855 at
Chicago as a bark and given this name after wrecking near that port in 1851
Sources :
nsp,rsl,wl,wgts,hr
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1837, Black Rock, NY
Specs :
68x18x6, 66 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : Elk
Creek, ca. 5 miles east of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : This early schooner was driven
ashore and pounded to pieces in a localized gale that was considered the most
destructive on Lake Erie up to that point in time.
Owned by her
skipper, Capt. Wm. C. Davison and his brother John, both of Buffalo.
Sources :
hgl,nsp,wl,wmn
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1839 Newport or 1842 Swan Creek, there were several other small EAGLES
Specs :
29 t. or 37 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : 20
mi NE of Sheboygan, WI [N of Amsterdam]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
lumber or chestnuts
Detail :
Found disabled and probably capsized by the propeller PRINCETON. One
crewman’s body was the only trace of the crew. Her captain's name was Jacob
Lawson(d).. Vessel may have been
recovered .
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wmn,bb,hr
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EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1845, Sandusky
Specs :
180 t.
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 5
Place of loss :
mouth of Grand River, Canada side
Lake :
Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
She was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew spend six hours in the
rigging and suffered much from the cold before being rescued. She had been bound for Oswego and was a total
loss of $13,000. Out of Sandusky, Capt. A. Finefield, master.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,wl
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. :
241859
Type at loss :
gas screw fish tug
Build info :
1941, Pentwater, Mich
Specs :
33x10x4, 13g 9 n
Date of loss :
1947, Apr 5
Place of loss : in
harbor at South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : no detail
Out of
Muskegon; owned by Edw. Tahaney
Sources :
h,mv,hr
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EAGLE WING - former
entry deleted. The vessel was not seriously damaged.
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JAMES E. EAGLE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
13668
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1859, Chas. Hindman, Algonac, MI as a passenger steamer
Specs :
120x21x8, 137 t.
Date of loss :
1869, Aug 8
Place of loss :
Saginaw Bay near Bay City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at 4
am while towing a log raft. Her crew escaped in her yawl while the tug, still
under weigh, steamed on until she sank. She was a total loss of about $10,000.
Owned by R. Burlington of Port Huron. Master: Capt. Robert McNeff.
Sources :
nsp,slh,lhl,hgl,mpl,mdwl
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HATTIE EARL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
11175
Type at loss :
schooner or scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1869, Snell, South Haven
Specs :
96x23x7 101g 96n
Date of loss :
1893, Sep 16
Place of loss :
just outside Michigan City, IN (also given as near Kenosha)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale
and pounded to pieces while bound Caseville, Michigan, for Chicago.
Sunk in a
collision with the schooner CITY OF GREEN BAY Oct 24, 1881 at Chicago.
Driven ashore near
Kenosha and wrecked in storm Apr 5, 1889. Reported broken up, but salvaged that
summer.
Sources :
h,mv,hgl,wb,mpl,wmn
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EAST SAGINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8106
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1866, McDole, Marine City
Specs :
136x26x10 235 t.
Date of loss :
1883, Sep 24
Place of loss :
near Sand Beach, Mich.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
barges in tow
Detail : She was trying to make the
harbor of refuge at Sand Beach and struck a reef south of the breakwater. With
her steering gear all damaged, she was able to pull of the bar using a
foresail, but her hull was damaged and she went down in 25 fathoms of water.
Her crew was rescued by the steamer CONEMAUGH, after several others had passed
without seeing them. Master: Capt. Harry
Richardson. Owner: F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena, Mich. It has been reported in some
sources that she was recovered years later and was destroyed by fire in 1923,
but I can find no evidence of this.
Built as a
passenger & package freight propeller, rebuilt in 1879 at Vermontville,
Mich.
Sunk off
Harrisville, MI in April, 1875.
Major repair,
1879, Vermilion. OH .
Sources :
slh,lhl,ns2,phr,polk,hgl,mpl
(not in 1920-21mv's)
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EASTLAND
Other names :
later rebuilt as U.S.S. WILMETTE
Official no. :
200031
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, excursion steamer
Build info :
1903, Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron
hull# 25
Specs :
265x38x20, 1961g 1218n
Date of loss :
1915, Jul 24
Place of loss :
Chicago River, Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
capsized
Loss of life :
835 [812 also given often]
Carrying :
passengers
Detail : The passenger steamer EASTLAND
capsized while pulling away from her dock for an excursion. She was heavily
loaded with passengers and rolled over in her berth, trapping hundreds inside.
The ship's design was the main factor - flaws included a shallow draft and high
center of gravity, an inadequate ballast system and the addition of several
lifeboats and their associated gear on her upper deck (done due to the
post-TITANIC “Boats for All” law). This
was the worst disaster in Great Lakes history in terms of loss of life.
Recovered soon
after, sold to U.S. govt and converted to naval gunboat U.S.S. WILMETTE
[GX-13]. Scrapped in 1950.
Link to an
excellent webpage on the EASTLAND.
Sources :
eastl,eas,is(3-59,3-60,1-65,2&3-78),lol,lm,hcgl,etc
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EASTNOR
Other names :
built as CHARLES LEMCKE, renamed HENRY PEDWELL in 1913, KAGAWONG in
1931, last name in 1932
Official no. : C126058
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1909, Lion's Head, Ont.
Specs :
90x24, 258 t.
Date of loss :
1933, Nov 18
Place of loss : at
Wiarton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while
loading bunker coal at Tyson's Coal Dock, Wiarton. Out of Owen Sound
Major rebuild in
1916 after a fire in Aug, '15. Rebuilt '30
Dimensions when
built: 92x18 ft, 101 t.
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,csv,win
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JOSHUA EATON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Charlotte, NY
Specs : small (cargoes: 3,500 bu wheat, $40 worth of
coal)
Date of loss :
1860 (Sep?)
Place of loss :
near Goderich, Ont
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
She went ashore in a storm and sat on the beach with little damage until
she was destroyed by a huge gale on November 24.
Owned by Burns and
Fancomb, Rochester, NY. Master: Capt. John Burns.
Sources :
nsp,wmn
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EBENEZER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7518
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, E. Sorenson, Ft. Howard, WI
Specs : 92x22x9,
120 gt
Date of loss :
1880, Oct 16
Place of loss : Mud
Bay, near Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail :
Driven ashore by the gale known as “The Alpena Storm” due to the loss of
the passenger steamer of that name. Owned out of Ephriam, Wis., hailed from
Chicago.
Sources :
bb, nsp,wgts,hr
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EBENEZER
Other names :
built as WATTS SHERMAN, renamed in 1883
Official no. :
26168
Type at loss :
schooner-barge wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1847, Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
103x24x10 158g 150n
Date of loss :
1903, Oct 14
Place of loss : S.
Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Blown ashore by a storm and a
total loss. One of oldest vessels on the Lakes when lost (56 yrs).
Wrecked and
declared total loss at Holland, MI Oct 3, 1887.
Runge files say
she was sunk on Pine Lake [Lake Charlevoix].
Rebuilt 1881, 1883
Sources :
nsp,smi,ns1,mv,mpl,usls
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KATIE ECCLES
Other names :
none also referred to as KATE
ECCLES
Official no. : C75911
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1877, W. Jamieson, Deseronto [Mill Pt.], Ont.
Specs :
95x26x10, 122 gc.
Date of loss :
1922, Nov 28
Place of loss : off
Timber Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound Oswego for Napanee in
heavy weather. After she lost her rudder, her skipper steered her to Timber
Island by sail alone. After he and crew went ashore, her anchor chain broke and
she drifted out and sank between Timber I and Nine Mile Point.
Sources :
csqw,mmgl,is(2-90),hcgl
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ECHO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7237
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, H. Kelley, Milan, Oh
Specs :
109x25x9, 176g
Date of loss :
1868, Sep 16
Place of loss :
Cleveland Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
?
Detail :
While attempting to enter the harbor in a gale, she was wrecked near the
harbor mouth. She was a total loss of about $8,000. One crewman died when he
attempted to swim ashore. Owned by McCabe and Jesmer or Jeamer, Buffalo.
Probably the same
vessel was ashore and expected to become a total loss on East Sister Reef, Lake
Erie, in July of the same year.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,jm,wl
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ECLIPSE - see also ADELAIDE
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. :
7495
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1852, F. N. Jones or Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
94x18x9, 93 g [136 t. om]
Date of loss :
1871, Oct 27
Place of loss : Lakeport,
Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She caught fire while lying at
a dock a Lakeport and was puched away from the dock with a ladder. Her captain
wished her farewell by emptying his pistol into her flank [he had been in
trouble a few days earlier for accidentally shooting a crewman while playing
with the gun]. Master: Capt. King. Owner: J. B. Scott, Detroit.
Sources :
wmn,mv,wl
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ECLIPSE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7495
Type at loss :
barge, wood, former passenger vesssel, large tug and
freighter
Build info :
1853, F.N. Jones, Buffalo [machinery installed at Detroit]
Specs :
94x19x9, 136 t.
Date of loss :
1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : 6
mi E of Black River, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail : She had just had her machinery
removed at Cleveland and was enroute to Huron, Ohio, by the tug YOSEMITE, when the pair was struck
by a gale. The tug could not hold her
against the violent winds and so cut the barge loose. She went ashore near Black River and by Nov 5
had been declared a total loss. She was stripped and abandoned by the tug
MAGNET.
Declared total
loss after a fire at Lakeport, MI, Oct 20, 1871. She caught fire at the dock
and was cut loose and towed out into the lake, where the fire was put out by a
passing tug. She was converted from a passenger vessel to a steam barge
afterwards.
Sprang a leak and
sank in Cleveland harbor in October, 1865.
Exploded and broke
in two at Chicago in the spring of 1853 when brand new. Her chief engineer at
the time was a black man, probably one of the first to hold that position on
the lakes. He was exonerated of any blame.
Rebuilt about
1868, major repairs in 1871 and 72.
Sources :
eas,slh,sol,lhl,nsp,rsl
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7517
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852, E. Bates, Milan, OH
Specs :
109x24x10, 221 t. om
Date of loss :
1882, Nov 24
Place of loss : Big
Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
shingles
Detail : Driven onto a rocky reef in
freezing gale. Her crew scrambled up the rigging as she sank, and all but
one was rescued by Lifesaving Service. Bound Manistee for Chicago. Owned out of
Chicago by Capt. Ted Warner.
Stranded in the
same place in 1881 and just a few miles away in 1880.
Major repairs in
1870.
Sources :
nsp,(mv),is,h,g8s,hgl,usls,rsl,wl,ec,wmhs
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ECLIPSE
Other names :
built as the steamer JULIETTE
Official no. : C77692
Type at loss :
propeller tug & supply boat
Build info :
1878, R. Cooper, Hamilton, Ont. [Cooper lived in New York]
Specs :
90x20x6, 72gc 49nc
Date of loss :
1883, Nov 22
Place of loss : off
Wiarton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : Bound Algoma Mills for Sarnia
with barge ETTA in tow. During the night
of the 22nd she foundered with all hands. The one man left to tend the ETTA
during the storm was the only survivor of the accident. ETTA drifted ashore in
Little Pike Bay and was later recovered. ECLIPSE registered out of Hamilton or Sarnia. Master:
Capt. Berry(d).
*Built as the
passenger steamer JULIETTE, she nearly capsized on her first trip before
pulling away from the dock. She was rerated to carry much fewer passengers, and
the public turned against her. By the following year she had been rebuilt and
renamed.
Sources :
nsp,slh,h,mmgl,win,polk,es,ib
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EDDIE S.
Other names :
none
Official no. :
233600
Type at loss :
diesel fishing tug
Build info :
1933, H. Larson, Menominee
Specs :
35x10x2, 16g 11n
Date of loss :
1945, May 22
Place of loss : off
Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2 of 3
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered in a sudden 55mph
squall near the harbor mouth. The one surviving
crewman was saved by USCG.
Out of Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.; owned by L. C. Bethway
Sources :
lssc,gwgl,lss,hr,mv
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JOHN F. EDDY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76645
Type at loss :
barge, wood, bulk freight built
as propeller
Build info :
1886, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
hull #76
Specs :
259x38x20 1678 g 1252 n
Date of loss :
1920, Nov 13
Place of loss : 7
mi off W. Sister Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of tug CUSTODIAN, she
sprang a leak in gale and sank. Later dynamited as a hazard.
Built as bulk
freighter, 1678gt, 1252nt, converted to a barge between 1910-1916.
Sources :
atl,sol,sbs,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl
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NEWELL A. EDDY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
130467
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, built as a schooner
Build info :
1890, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City,
hull #71
Specs :
242x40x16 1270g 1207n
Date of loss :
1893, Apr 20
Place of loss :
near Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Bound Chiacgo for Buffalo, she
was lost from tow of the steamer CHARLES A. EDDY, which became disabled in a
storm. Driven on a reef & sank, later pushed into deep water. Wreckage from
her aft end washed up all over the Straits. $98,000 loss. Master: Capt. W. R.
Burton(d). Owned by Eddy Transportation Co., Bay City, Mich.
Wreck, with masts
still standing, was located in 1992.
Sources :
nsp,slh,sol,is,h,mv,lhdc,ssm,vbs,phr,wb,hgl,mpl
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WILLIAM EDENBORN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
81702
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1900, W. Bay City Shipbuilding, W. Bay City hull #40
Specs :
478x52x25 5085g 4431n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 28
Place of loss :
just west of Split Rock River
mouth, 6-7 mi SW from Split Rock Lighthouse
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
light
Detail : This Pittsburger had the steel
barge MADIERA in tow in a teriffic gale. After she cut MADEIRA loose, she was pushed on a reef by split in half. Declared a total
loss, she was eventually recovered and
reassembled at great expense. One of her propellers still lies near the site.
Owner: Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Sold to city of
Cleveland in 1962, stripped and scuttled for a breakwater at Gordon Park.
Sources :
vbs,gwgl,is,lss,s,nsp,mu
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EDITH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1851, Wm. Ashman, Bronte, Ont.
Specs :
67x19x7, 80 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Nov 6
Place of loss :
near Presqu’ile, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail :
Bound for Detroit, she struck a reef and sank with her decks just
submerged and each wave washing over her. Men from the passing schooner
CHARLOTTE, receiving no answer to their hail, came aboard and rescued her crew,
who were in EDITH’s cabin in a helpless state. May have been recovered and lost
in late Nov, 1860, near Stoney Pt., Lake Ont.
Out of Hamilton,
owned by M.W. Browne.
Sources :
mmgl,nsp,clu
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EDNA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135309
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1877, N.L. Anderson, Chicago
Specs :
62x17x5, 38g 36n
Date of loss :
1887, Oct 26
Place of loss : 2
mi off piers at Kenosha
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
gravel
Detail :
Bound Chicago for Kenosha, she sprang a leak in moderate seas and
foundered in 50 feet of water within sight of the lifesaving station. Her crew
abandoned in her skiff. They began to drift out into the lake, but were rescued
by the local U.S. Lifesaving Service crew [with the help of the tug KITTY
SMOKE] after drifting lakeward for a short time. Owned by her skipper and
builder, Capt. N. L. Anderson of Chicago.
Document was not
surrendered until June of the next year.
Sources :
bb,mv,polk,usls,hr
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EDNA
Other names : ?
Official no. :
7909
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1866, New Baltimore, MI as a schooner
Specs :
53g 40n
Date of loss :
1916, Jul 15
Place of loss : at
Algonac, MI
Lake : St
Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Burned to a total loss.
Out of Port Huron.
Document surrendered 2/7/17, annotated "burned."
Sources :
eas,phr,mv,wmn
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JOHN EDWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 75896
Type at loss :
sloop, wood
Build info :
1876, Grand Haven, Mich
Specs :
34x11x4, 11g.
Date of loss :
1876, Nov 9
Place of loss :
near shore 5 mi N of Saugatuck, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered close in. Later
recovered. Bound for Jacksonville, Fla. [that is correct] via Chicago and
registered out of Apalachicola. Owned and sailed by
Capt. T. F. McCurdy, Spring Lake, Mich
Sources :
h,usls,mv,nsp
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EFFORT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96249
Type at loss :
scow, wood, lumber
Build info :
1889, W. Taylor, Wallaceburg
Specs :
73x21x5, 51 gc
Date of loss :
1898, Sep 6
Place of loss :
opposite Port Huron
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
1 of 4
Carrying :
wood
Detail : Her towing tug ARIADNE
attempted to cross between the steamer GEORGE STEPHENSON and the giant steel
barge ROEBLING with EFFORT in tow. The tug cleared, but STEPHENSON’s tow cable
caught the scow amidships, sawing her in half. A Kendall Ship Reporting Co.
boat saved 2 of crew. Skipper of ARIADNE said he thought the big ROEBLING was a
steamer. Later recovered in two pieces and rebuilt; abandoned at Thunder Bay,
1901
Sources :
nsp,st,hgl,mmgl,nsp
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MARION EGAN
Other names : Shows in mv as EDGAR MARION
Official no. :
7301
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1861, John Squires, Huron, OH
Specs :
262 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Sep 22
Place of loss : 17
mi SE of Thunder Bay Isl, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Collided with the schooner E.R. WILLIAMS in
a night passing error and sank in about 7 minutes. Her surviving crew were
rescued by WILLIAMS. Bound Cleveland for Racine and went down in 35 fathoms of
water. Owned by W. Christie of Erie, Pa., who lost the schooner CITY OF
BUFFALO(qv) a few days earlier. Master: Capt. Louch.
Ashore on Cove
Island, mouth of Georgian Bay, and
abandoned in August of 1873. She was stripped in early September, but was
recovered late in the same month..
Sources :
nsp,slh,hgl,usls,wl,rsl,jb
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JOHN EGGERS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
76714
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1887, Milwaukee
Specs :
59x14x3 25g 24n
Date of loss :
1906, May 26
Place of loss :
Wind Point, near Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none of 1
Carrying :
?
Detail :
no detail
Sources :
mv,lmdc
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EGYPTIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs : 136x26x11,
372 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Nov [early in the month]
Place of loss :
near Point Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in her 5th
month of service. Owned by Fitzhugh & Littlejohn, Oswego. Master: Capt. B.
Hawkins.
Sources :
blu[1856],wmhs,hgl,wl,wmn
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EGYPTIAN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8988
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1873, Quelos & Peck, Black River, OH
Specs :
232x36x14 1430g 1206n
Date of loss :
1897, Dec 1
Place of loss : 15
mi out of Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She caught fir e in her forward
hold and burned to the waterline 10 miles out, off Sturgoen Point. She then sank in
170 feet of water while bound Cleveland for Milwaukee. Her crew took to her
boats after it was seen that she could not be saved, and were rescued by the
steamer SIR WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN. Newspaper
account attributed the fire to spontaneous conbustion. Master: Capt. Frank
Goodrow. Owner: Capt. Nelson S. Whipple, Bay City.
Struck the wreck
of the steamer PHILIP WALTER off Black R., OH in October of 1887 and sunk.
She had the 1st
fore & aft compound engine in use on the Great Lakes.
Sources :
stb,slh,mol,mv,hgl,nsp,mpl,hcgl,ade
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EIGHTH OHIO
Other names :
also seen as 8TH OHIO and MIDLAND
Official no. :
8184
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1867, G. Fordham, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
121x20x7 122 t
Date of loss :
1877, Aug 18
Place of loss :
Fox’s Dock, Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
probably none (one source says lives were lost)
Detail : Extensively burned, probably by
arson. Declared a total loss, but recovered and later rebuilt. The vessel had
recently changed owners [for the umpteenth time] and had been chartered by the Midland RR, which had
christened her [unofficially] MIDLAND. At the time of the fire she being
renovated for use as a ferry at Sarnia. Her new owners, however, had failed to pay for either the vessel or
the renovations, so she reverted back to the previous owners and her original
name in July. Master at time of fire: Capt. Alfred Lovett.
Later
124x21x7 107g 55n
Sunk off
Sringwells [Ecorse], Mich., Detroit R., in 1884. Rebuilt at Detroit following
this and re-engined, using the powerplant from the burned prop HENRY
HOWARD(qv). She came back out in July, 1886.
Burned to the
water's edge in Ribinet's canal,
Sandwich, Ont., in March of 1890.
Rebuilt, abandoned in 1897.
Built as a
sidewheeler, reportedly converted to a propeller in 1875 at Bay City.
Sources :
nsp,www,mpl,es
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EILEEN G
Other names : ?
Official no. : C190222
Type at loss :
tug
Build info :
1944, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs :
37 ft, 13 t.
Date of loss :
1955, May 9
Place of loss :
near Tunnel Island [latitude 46deg 28' N, longitude 83deg 27' W]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : no detail
Owned out of Blind
R. Ont.
Sources :
is,lss,win
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ELBING - See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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ELDORADO
Other names :
built as steamer EQUATOR (qv), renamed in 1871
Official no. :
135117
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
189x32x11, 489 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Nov 20
Place of loss :
just E of harbor entrance at Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none of 7
Carrying :
none
Detail : She was wrecked near Presque
Isle in a terrific westerly gale and
blizzard. The steamer JAMES P. DONALDSON cast her and towmates GEORGE W.
WESLEY(qv) and BAY CITY(qv) adrift about
a mile off the harbor. The three drifted ashore about 5 miles to the east. Crew
of ELDORADO made it to shore on their own. The vessel broke up on the rocky
coast, a total loss of $10,000.
Owned by L.
Slyfield, St. Clair, Mi
Built from the
wrecked steamer EQUATOR(qv) in 1871, at Sheboygan, WI
Sources :
h,lhdc,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp,ewe
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ELEANOR
Other names : ?
Official no. :
7298
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1857, J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI
Specs :
119x26x9, 188 t.
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 18
Place of loss :
Whiskey Reef, near Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Torn loose from the prop
MICHIGAN and drifted onto the reef,
where she eventually pounded to pieces. Her crew was rescued by another vessel.
Document surrendered at Port Huron Dec 3, 1881. Owned out of Bay City by G.
VanEtten. Master: Capt. Hazen.
Converted from a
free-sailing schooner to a schooner-barge in the spring of 1880 after sinking
in the Saginaw River..
Sources :
phr,mv,usls,rsl,nsp
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ELEANOR
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1866, J. Chaffey, Bedford Mills
Specs :
47x10x7, 24g 7nc
Date of loss : 1891,
May 8
Place of loss : near
Pigeon Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
2 coal barges in tow
Detail : Sprung a leak in heavy weather and foundered
in 100 feet of water.
Registered out of
Kingston. Insured as a river tug.
Also reported sunk
at Kingston with no loss of life, May 14, 1891.
*date also given
as May 14, 1891 and Feb. 29, 1892, 5 mi N of Main Duck. Doc surrendered Dec 31,
1891.
See CSQW for
another version of her loss
Sources :
mmgl,clu,h,win
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ELEANOR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
136603
Type at loss :
propeller passenger vessel, wood
Build info :
1897, Saugatuck, Mich
Specs :
62x11x5, 17g 11n
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 13
Place of loss : at
Montague, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her
dock at White Lake
Sources :
hcgl,hr
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ELEANORA
Other names :
built as str GREAT BRITAIN, renamed in 1845: also seen as ELEONORA
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1830, David Brown, Prescott, Ont.
Specs :
159x27x12, 431 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : at
Hamilton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail : Wrecked by a gale on the
Hamilton piers when she missed her stays coming in. She was a total loss of
$10,000.
Rebuilt to a
storage hulk in 1840, then to this bark in 1845.
Registered out of
Kingston.
Sources :
hr,mmgl,hgl,csv,ib
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ELFIN-MERE - See CHARLES B. PACKARD
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ELGIN - See also LADY ELGIN
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ELGIN
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135898
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood [also reported as a lighter]
Build info :
1874, L Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. as a bark (C77778)
Specs :
139x26x12, 330g 310n
Date of loss :
1906, Oct 29
Place of loss : off
Grand Marais, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
Hay & coal
Detail : In tow of the tug CROSBY, she
was swamped and torn to pieces by a NE gale. She was owned by Capt. John Shea
of Duluth.
Reverted to an
American bottom after wrecking near Racine, Aug 2, 1885 [sold by U.S. marshall
to regain the salvage cost].
A tug of this name
was reported lost in 1896.
Sources :
mmgl,mv,eas,ns1,mpl
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WILLIAM ELGIN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1871, W. Jamieson, Mill Pt.
(built by Simpson?)
Specs :
99x23x10, 190 gc, 156 nc
Date of loss :
1888, May 19
Place of loss : 16
mi NW of Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Sprang a leak and sank. Bound
Oswego for Belleville. Her crew was picked up by steamer OCEAN WAVE(qv).
Registered to
Capt. J. Savage out of Picton, Ont.
Also ashore near
Oswego and not expected to survive in November, 1872.
Orned at Port
Stanley in March, 1876.
Sources :
mmgl,is,h,nsp,osdo,wb,hgl,rp
not in clu
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ELI
Other names :
?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1887, Nov 14
Place of loss :
near Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9
Carrying :
?
Detail :
Reported foundered in a heavy SW gale. Worth about $12,000, with cargo.
Sources :
sb,h
————————————————————————
ELISE - See
WEXFORD
————————————————————————±
ELITE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96880
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1894, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
60x15x6, 36gt
Date of loss :
1933, Sep 23
Place of loss : at
dock at Jennie Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned to the waterline
Rebuilt at
Wiarton, 1916
Sources :
mmgl,slh,h,hr
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ELIZA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8248
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, Pierson, Spring Lake. MI
Specs :
53x15x6, 30g 28n
Date of loss :
1890, Jul 1
Place of loss :
unknown
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life :
3 [all]
Carrying :
sand
Detail : Left Chicago for Milwaukee in
July, never arrived. The son of Capt Hanson would not give up the search for
his father, and the boat was not given up for lost until October. Master: Capt
Hanson(d).
Capsized near
Milwaukee in May, 1883.
Sources :
mv,h,nsp,hgl,mpl,bb,hr
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ELIZA CAROLINE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7414
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1851, D. Dibble, Sandusky, OH
Specs :
45x14x6 33g (21n)
Date of loss :
1871, Sep 20
Place of loss : off
Madison Point
Lake : Michigan (also given as L.
Erie)
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a
gale. Towed off the beach by U.S. Revenue Cutter SHERMAN on the 28th, but sank
shortly afterwards. Homeport: Cleveland
Badly damaged in a
stranding at Rondeau, Ont., Lake Erie, in September, 1867.
Sources :
mv,www,hgl,nsp
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ELIZABETH - See also ASP
————————————————————————±
ELIZABETH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs :
“small”
Date of loss :
1820, Nov 10
Place of loss :
near Conneaut, Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
3 [all]
Carrying :
luggage
Detail : This early schooner foundered
in a gale, her two crew and one woman passenger perishing.
Owned out of
Ashtabula, O.; master: Capt. Napier(d). Compare this report with ASP and
ZEPHYR.
Sources :
nsp,rp,hgl,wmn
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ELIZABETH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1854, R. Robinson, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs :
88x17x7, 104 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Jun 29
Place of loss :
Between False Ducks and Nine Mile Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
foundered
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
pig iron
Detail :
She sprang a leak and foundered with little warning. Her crewmen saved
themselves in the small boat.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,
————————————————————————±
ELIZABETH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1865, Broders, Owen Sound
Specs :
65 t.
Date of loss :
1873, Oct 29
Place of loss :
Christian Isl, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss “due
to stress of weather.”
Sources :
win,clu ,wmn
not in mmgl
————————————————————————±
ELIZABETH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36201
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1866, J. Miller, Swan Creek, MI
Specs :
51x16x4 23 t.
Date of loss :
1882, fall
Place of loss :
near Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
coal
Detail : She was sunk by a gale near the entrance to the St. Mary's R. She
was abandoned a several efforts to release her failed. Her document was
surrendered at Port Huron Dec 15, 1883, annotated "wrecked", shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels of the U.S. as
"lost or otherwise out of service."
Also stranded on
Georgian Bay in 1872 and recovered.
Sources :
mv,slh,h,phr,jb,hr
————————————————————————±
ELIZABETH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
135939
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1887, Ole Nelson, Sturgeon Bay
Specs :
51x15x4, 25g
Date of loss :
1905, Oct 19
Place of loss : at
Menominee, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 2
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She collided with the pier at Menominee in a gale and became a total
loss. Had been stranded in a storm mear Peshtigo less than a month earlier. Out
of Sturgeon Bay.
Sources :
wgts,mv,hr
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ELK
Other names : none
Official no. :
136333
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1892, F. A. Kirby, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
60x11x4, 28g 14n
Date of loss :
1895, Nov 26
Place of loss :
Buffalo Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : Rammed and cut in two by the
Western Liner SYRACUSE when the latter was being towed into the harbor in
strong winds.
Built as a fish
tug.
Sources :
nsp,mv,hr
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ELLEN
Other names :
none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1846, Chas. Lee, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
95x17x7, 96 t.
Date of loss :
1848, Oct 28
Place of loss :
near Wellington, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
9[all]
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Reported wrecked and a total loss, driven on the beach while trying to
beat offshore. When the wind changed suddenly she was capsized and driven in.
She had left Kingston on the 28th, bound for Wellington to take on a
load of fish from the beach. Besides her crew of 7, two men who were helping to
load her were drowned. Owned by E.
Browne & Co. of Hamilton. Master: Capt. George Law.
Sources :
hr,hgl,mmgl,wmn
————————————————————————±
ELLEN
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, (2-mast)
Build info :
(1846, S.W. Turner, Cleveland)
Specs :
(63x17x6, 61 t. [om])
Date of loss :
1856, Nov
Place of loss :
Black River Island, just S. of
Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
barrelled fish
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay for Detroit,
she dragged onto a reef in a gale and pounded to pieces, a total loss. Her
cargo was lightered off and saved. Owned by Craig & Co., Detroit
Sources :
slh,hgl,(wl),rnc,air
————————————————————————±
G. ELLEN
Other names :
none also seen as ELLEN G
Official no. :
10194
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1854, Hicks, Detroit
Specs :
92x22x6, 85g 81n.
Date of loss :
1901, Sep 16
Place of loss : off
Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 4
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She had battled a storm for two
days before the schooner started to break up. Crewmen lashed themselves to the
cabin roof to keep from being washed
away. Big steamer NYACK spotted them, coming alee to haul them aboard in a
thrilling rescue. Out of Racine, owner and master: Capt. Martin Nelson.
Sources :
nsp,bb,rsl,wl,mv,hr
————————————————————————±
ELLINGTON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7235
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1847, J. Keating, Vermilion, OH
Specs :
102x22x9, 143 t.
Date of loss :
1873, late Oct
Place of loss : at
Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all
Carrying :
stone blocks
Detail :
She struck the breakwater in a storm and sank in the harbor. She was
deemed too overaged to rescue.
Sunk by a
collision near Toledo in 1869.
She was one of the
first vessels of the Bradley fleet.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,’69mv,wl
————————————————————————±
ELLA ELLINWOOD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8604
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast (some sources show her as a two-master)
Build info :
1869, Dixon, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs :
106x26x9 157g 150n
Date of loss :
1901, Sep 29
Place of loss :
between Fox Point & Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber & bark
Detail : She went into the shallows in
smoke on the 21st, then broke up in a storm on Oct 24. Her crew reached land
safely, even after the yawl capsized in surf near shore. Owner: Thomas
Flagstad, Montague, Mich.
This is probably
the wreck shown in Great Lakes Pilot as lying 3.5 mi N of Fox Pt. in 12 ft. of water.
Sources :
nsp,glp,vbs,nsp,ns1,sbs,h,lmdc,modoc
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R.R. ELLIOTT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
56349
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood - built as a sidewheel tug
Build info :
1854, Zadoc Pangburn (sic), Marine City, MI*
Specs :
162x28x9, 254 t.
Date of loss :
1872, Sep 18
Place of loss : 9
mi ENE of Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was torn loose from her tow
steamer DUNKIRK and sank in a gale. In company with FORESTER(qv). Document
surrendered at Port Huron Nov 7, 1877, annotated "wrecked, 9-18-72."
Owner: Parks, Bay City.
*Marine City list gives Bushnell & McCarney
as builders, nsp gives Keane, this is from registration.
Converted from steamer to barge in 1866.
Sources :
nsp,h,hmc,mv,win,lhl,phr,hgl,rsl
————————————————————————
ELLSWORTH - see COLONEL ELLSWORTH
————————————————————————±
LEM ELLSWORTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
140062
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1874, Wolfe & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs :
138x26x11, 340g 323n
Date of loss :
1894, May 18
Place of loss :
midlake 30-40 mi NNE of Chicago.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
stone blocks
Detail : Bound for Chicago from Portage,
Mich., Lake Superior, she foundered in a gale at an unrecorded position.
Possibly overloaded, she was last seen
in the Straits 2 days previous, riding low in the water. Her battered yawl was
found off Kenosha 8 days later, and was the only evidence of her ever found. It
contained a bunch of keys belonging to the captain, leading to the belief that
the crew had abandoned ship. Owned by Henry Wineman, Jr., Detroit. Master:
Capt. John Wilson(d).
Went ashore with
heavy damage and the loss of one life, near Oswego, in November, 1880.
Rebuilt in 1879.
Sources :
is,h,mv,nsp,hgl,osdo,mpl,rp,es
————————————————————————±
S. S. ELLSWORTH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23796
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge"
Build info :
1869, Geneva, NY as a schooner-rigged canal boat
Specs :
117x18x8, 136g*
Date of loss :
1877, Jul 10
Place of loss : SE
point of Stony Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She had dropped a group of excursionist/campers off at the island and
was at anchor for the night when she caught fire, probably in the kitchen. She
burned to a total loss and sank in 21 feet of water. In 1879 her
machinery was recovered, but the boat itself fell apart when an attempt
was made to raise her. The engine and gear went into the new steambarge
THOMPSON KINGSFORD, built for Mattoon in
1880. Owned by Abner Mattoon, Oswego.
Built with an Erie
Canal-boat hull, she went to the south via the canal and Hudson River in 1871.
Registered out of Savannah, Ga. to A. Mattoon, Oswego, 1871-2 for lumbering
in Florida and to satisfy a land claim.
Came back to the lakes in 1872.
Rebuilt from a
schooner-rigged canal boat to a steambarge at Oswego in 1873, using the engine
and boiler from the burned tug
GEORGE S. DODGE (qv).
*originally
92x18x9, 114g, enlarged in 1873
Sources :
rp,wl,mv,wmhs,cpl,wmn
————————————————————————±
ELM CITY
Other names :
built as Canadian schooner EUNICE ANN, renamed before 1861
Official no. :
US
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1849, Foster, Port Rowan or
Walsingham, Ont.
Specs :
81x20x6, 74 t.
Date of loss :
1866, May 27
Place of loss : at
Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
800 bbl water lime
Detail :
Bound Port Dover, Ont, to Erie, Pa., she caught fire and burned to a
total loss. MAY have been recovered, gone into Canadian regsitry again, lost at
Conneaut in 1867.
Owned by Foster
& Co, Erie, Pa.
Sold American
between 1861
Rebuilt at Buffalo
in 1859, major repairs '62
Sources : nsp,hgl,mmgl,wmn,wl
————————————————————————±
ELMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8895
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [built as 3-mast schooner]
Build info :
1873, D Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs :
165x30x11 401g 381n
Date of loss :
1895, Sep 28
Place of loss : on
Pictured Rocks, near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She was in tow of the steamer
P.H. BIRCKHEAD with 2 other barges. The tow was broken up, and soon after
ELMA's steering was disabled and she was cast ashore under Miner's Castle. One
crewman died trying to take a rope ashore. Another finally made it and sat
shivering all night on the rocks, holding on to the rescue line. The rest of
her crew came ashore in the morning.
Sources :
nsp,ms,gwgl,glss,sol,h,wb,lss,hgl
————————————————————————±
ELMIRA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1852, Black R., Ohio
Specs :
76 t.
Date of loss :
1866, Aug 8
Place of loss :
Genesee River, Genesee, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
stave bolts
Detail :
She struck a pier while attempting to make the harbor in a storm, sank
and was reported a total loss of $3,400,
vessel & cargo. Locals broke out a lifeboat and rescued her crew from her
rigging. She had been bound Toronto for Genesee. Out of Racine, owned by J.
Muehler.
Also sunk on Lake
Erie in 1855.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,jm,hr
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ELMIRA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
7335
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1856, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs :
180x28x11, 781g 599n
Date of loss :
1878, Nov 30
Place of loss : at
Dunnville, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
none
Detail :
A fire was discovered in her at about two a.m. at her winter layup
qaurters. Local firefighters arrived and were able to extinguish the cabins,
but could not reach the fire below decks due to heavy smoke from her burning
bunker coal. She was towed from Taylor's dock to a point a short way below,
where she slowly burned to a total loss. She was a loss of $11,000. Out of Bay
City, MI, owned by E. B. Knight. Document surrendered Jun 30, 1879, annotated
"Burned in 1878." Her wreckage may have been located in 1999.
Major repairs in
1862.
Sources :
phr,lhl,mpl,es,wl,waw
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ELMIRA
Other names :
built as EDWARD SMITH, renamed G. A. MITCHELL in 1918,
renamed ELMIRA in
1925
Official no. :
135660
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1883, George King [Koenig], Marine City, MI
Specs :
194x33x17, 700g 523n
Date of loss :
1930, Jun 13
Place of loss :
Boyne City, MI, Lake Charlevoix [Pine Lake], MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
(lumber?)
Detail :
She burned to a total loss. Her remains were scrapped in 1933.
Owned by Wolverine
Steamship Co.
Sources :
eas,ns4,mv,hcgl
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C.W. ELPHICKE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
126568
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1889, Craig Shipbuilding, Trenton, MI
hull# 39
Specs :
274x42x20 2059g 1703n
Date of loss :
1913, Oct 21
Place of loss :
Long Point, S of lighthouse at tip
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : Driven on the point in a gale,
she broke in two and sank in shallow water. 7 crew made it to shore in her
boat, Lifesavers took the other 12 off.
Master: Capt. A. B. Comins. Owner: Buckeye Steamship Co. Wreck lies in 24 ft of
water, 1.2 mi, 229 deg from Long Pt. light.
Sources :
do2,eas,glp,ttgl,sol,ns2,mv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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ELVINA
Other names :
none somettimes seen as ALVINA
Official no. :
8263
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1868, Field, Sacket's Harbor, NY
as a schooner
Specs : 138x26x11
297g 282n
Date of loss :
1901, Oct 13*
Place of loss : off
Thunder Bay Isl., Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying : 700 bbl lubricating oil
Detail :
Bound Cleveland for Manistique, Mich. in tow of steamer A. WESTON, she
was overwhelmed by a storm and sank. Her crew abandoned her in the yawl and
made it to shore unaided. Her cargo was salvaged by the 17th. Owner:
Capt. Wm. Dulac, Mt. Clemens, Mi.
*some sources say
Oct 3, this date is from newspapers
Major repair, 1882
Sources :
nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,hr
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GEORGE H. ELY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85147
Type at loss :
barge or schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1871, E. Fitzgerald, Port Huron, MI
Specs :
181x33x13, 649 gt
Date of loss :
1882, Oct 12
Place of loss :
near Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Tow of tug J.W. BENNETT*, she
struck bottom in heavy weather, swamped and sank in shallow water just inside
Detour Point. Later she broke in two and was given up as a total loss Nov 10.
Owned by
Pennington and others of Cleveland
*or H. B.
TUTTLE. She and the prop
TUTTLE were built as a
steamer/consort.
Sources :
nsp,slh,phr,hgl,mv
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GRACE ELY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
85631
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1880, Marquette, MI
Specs :
37x13x6, 12gt.
Date of loss :
1885, Sep
Place of loss : off
Little Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : poor stowage
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
? (limestone?)
Detail : Tow of tug MYSTIC, she capsized
due to poor stowage and trimming of her cargo. Thought to be a total loss, but
later recovered; final disposition unknown.
Sources :
mv,hr
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SAMUEL P. ELY
Other names :
none also seen as S.P. ELY
Official no. :
23780
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, J.P. Clark, Detroit as a schooner
Specs :
200x32x14 627g 596n
Date of loss : 1896,
Oct 29
Place of loss :
harbor entrance at Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : Tow of steamer HESPER, she went
out of control and was lost from tow. She crashed into a contractor's scow and
then wrecked on the breakwater. An heroic rescue by the tug ELLA G. STONE saved
her 11 crew.
Once part of the
Bradley Fleet.
Major repairs 1879, 82
Sources :
gwgl,lss,mv,hgl,net,hcgl,nsp
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ELYRIA
Other names :
also seen as ELYNA
Official no. :
7323
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1867, Black R., OH
Specs :
84 t.
Date of loss :
1870, Oct 30
Place of loss :
near Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She wrecked near the beach on the
northern shore of the peninsula in a gale. Two sailors from the Revenue Cutter
COMMODORE PERRY drowned when their small boat swamped during an attempt to
rescue ELYRIA’s crew. She was abandoned Nov 8.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv
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EMBLEM - See
OLIVIA
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EMBURY
Other names :
built as COLIN CAMPBELL, renamed in 1901
Official no. :
5719
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1869, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs :
159x30x11 373g 280n
Date of loss : 1903,
Dec 4
Place of loss : at
Tonawanda, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Destroyed by fire at Grand Isl.
on the Niagara R., where she sank and was abandoned. Her crew escaped without
casualty.
Owned by W.L.
Martin of Cheboygan. Master: Capt. Curran.
Major repairs in
1881, 82
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
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EMELINE
Other names :
also seen as EMILINE*
Official no. :
7492
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1862, M. Williams, Vicksburg, MI
Specs :
111x22x7 128g 122n
Date of loss :
1896, Aug 8
Place of loss : 25
mi S of Bailey's Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
bark
Detail : She capsized, was driven ashore
near Algomah, WI, by a gale and wrecked.
Her crew was at first reported lost, but made it to shore in her yawl.
She was broken up by the following spring and was dynamited as a hazard to
navigation in 1903. Master: Capt. Abrahamson.
Rebuilt and
enlarged at Detroit in 1864. Major
repairs in 1872, 78 & 80.
*her actual name was probably spelled EMILINE,
though official records show her the other way.
Sources :
nsp,h,wb,hgl,bb,wgts,hr
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EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood (some newspapers describe her as a tug)
Build info :
1844, Chippawa, Ont.
Specs :
132x20x9, ca. 96 t.
Date of loss :
1858, Dec 2
Place of loss :
near Bear Creek, Lake St. Clair
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Stranded and abandoned –
reported a total loss of $3,000. Recovered and towed to Algonac the next March,
but disposition unknown from there. Master: Capt. Poole
Also sunk on St.
Clair R. Apr 18, 1855.
Sources :
rbs,clu,csv,hgl,mmgl,st,wmn
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EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36340
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1869, W. Dixon, Bay City, MI
Specs :
134x32x9 287g 272n
Date of loss :
1886, Nov 17
Place of loss : off
Kewaunee, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Driven ashore in a gale near
Kewaunee when lost from tow of steamer JUSTICE FIELD. She had been in tow with
the barges G. W. BISSELL, LOTTIE MAY and FLORENCE M. DICKINSON, of which
DICKINSON was also lost. Bound Toledo for Milwaukee. Despite many reports to the
contrary, she was recovered by Leatham & Smith, Sturgeon Bay, in August of
the following year and used in the stone trade by them until abandoned to sink
in Lake Michigan in Nov 29, 1903.
Sank on Saginaw
River in 1880, recovered the next year.
Rebuilt in 1875
Sources :
nsp,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,mv,wgts
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EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, Hardison, Port Colborne as
a bark*
Specs :
139x26x12, 344gc 322nc
Date of loss :
1903, Nov 23
Place of loss :
under Scarborough Bluffs, E of Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all [8]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound Charlotte for Toronto,
she foundered with all hands while trying to ride out a gale under The Bluffs.
Her loss was unknown for 6 days. Master: Capt. McMaster.
Major repairs in
1882.
*St. Catharines,
same year also given
Sources :
nsp,ns1,h,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,hr
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EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8253
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "rabbit"
Build info :
1863, Hinman, Algonac, MI
Specs :
144x23x9 216g 154n
Date of loss :
1909, Nov 13
Place of loss : Thunder Bay Island, E of Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Driven ashore and broken up by
big waves.
In Nov of 1901 she
was abandoned in a November gale and drifted around L Huron for nearly a week
before being
picked up by the
steamer WESTFORD.
Document
surrendered at Marquette in 1903, the vessel reported as "abandoned, unfit
for further service."
Sources :
nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
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EMERALD
Other names :
none
Official no. : C85417
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1872, G. Hardison, Port Colborne, Ont.
Specs :
139x29x12, 343gc 322nc
Date of loss :
1911, Nov 29
Place of loss :
unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all [ca 6]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Went missing in a gale. No
wreckage or bodies ever found.
Sources :
mmgl,ns2
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W.J. EMERSON
Other names :
none
Official no. : C107133
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1900, Goderich, Ont.
Specs :
66x13, 28gc 19nc
Date of loss :
1933, Oct
Place of loss : off
Light number 10, near Bennett Isl. [also shown asShaganash Isl.]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
none
Detail : Burned and sank.
Sources :
mmgl,lss,do,rf
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H.A. EMERY
Other names :
none
Official no. : 95913
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1887, J. Kelly, W. Bay City
Specs :
73x19x6 67g 64n
Date of loss :
1899, Aug 6
Place of loss : at
Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail :
After having missed the entrance and foundered while attempting to enter harbor in
storm, the vessel and cargo were declared
a total loss.
Launched into
Howe's Slip, W. Bay City, and sank there in 1895, raised in 1897.
Sources :
is,slh,h,lhdc,phr,vbs,nsp
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W.Y. EMERY
Other names :
also seen as W. J. EMERY, above is official
Official no. : C71280
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1867, H. Dakin, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs :
104x25x11, 154 gc 154 nc
Date of loss :
1899, Sep 26
Place of loss : 1.5
mi off the mouth of Bear Creek, near Pultneyville, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10
Carrying :
soft coal
Detail : Foundered enroute Charlotte, NY
for Kingston, Ont after springing a leak in a gale. The tug PROCTOR came to her
rescue and saved the crew just as the ship went down. Master: Capt. William
Mitchell. Registered out of Toronto
Some sources show
her lost Sep 20.
Sources :
mmgl,h,win,rp,jmk
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EMIGRANT
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1843, D. W. Jones, Cleveland as a propeller brig
Specs :
118x26x9, 250 t. om
Date of loss :
1845, Oct 4
Place of loss :
Avon Point, near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
iron, 200 t. coal, 100 t.iron
nails
Detail :
Upbound from Cleveland, she was reported lost on Avon Point in various
sources. Owned by Pease & Allen, Cleveland. Master: Capt. John Munson.
One of the
earliest propeller vessels, her engine was removed after only two seasons of
service and she was relaunched as a brig, then lost the same season.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,wmn,bb
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EMILINE - See EMELINE
————————————————————————±
EMILY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
scow-schooner or schooner, 2-mast
Build info :
1826, St. Clair R.
Specs :
54x15x5, 34 t.
Date of loss :
1830, Dec 15
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : St Clair*
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 of 12
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked in a gale. Part of her crew
was able to make it to a nearby island, but could do nothing to save the
remaining crew.
One of earliest
commercial losses on L. St. Clair.
*also given as
near Port Huron, St. Clair R.
This may be the
vessel that the poem "The Loss of the Jules LaPlante" is based upon.
Sources :
sol,h,hgl,mpl,wl
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EMILY
Other names : C
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs : 109 t.
Date of loss :
1852
Place of loss : at
Grand River, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Wrecked.
Reported blown
down and lost with all hands in the Nov 18 storm of 1842, but actually made it
to port with minimal damage. Bound for Cleveland with wheat.
Sources :
is(2-67),hgl,nsp
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EMILY
Other names :
sometimes seen as C. EMILY
Official no. : C
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1850, G. Ford, Goderich
Specs :
52x12x6, 30 t.
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 4
Place of loss : near
Sandy Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
lumber, 4 horses
Detail : Sheltering from a gale behind
Sandy Island, she was beset by rapidly changing winds, which finally broke her
chains and sent her on the rocks. The captain swam 1/4 mile ashore with a rope
in his teeth, by which the crew were rescued. The horses later came ashore by
themselves. Hailed from Owen Sound, but probably owned in Goderich.
She was reportedly
engaged exclusively in the coasting trade.
May have suffered
an earlier wreck on Georgian Bay in 1858
Sources :
slh,hgl,wmn
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EMILY AND ELIZA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
36582
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1878, Anspaugh Bros., Oak Harbor, OH
Specs :
78x21x5 64g 60n
Date of loss :
1910, Sep 9
Place of loss :
Platte Bay, near Sleeping Bear.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
cedar fence posts
Detail : She was wrecked near the mouth
of Otter Creek while taking on lumber. Owned by the House of David religious
sect out of Benton Harbor, Mich.
First operated by
Anspaugh Bros out of Port Clinton, OH.
Carries the
official no. of unrigged barge, maybe built as such
Sources :
eas,ssb,mv,nb,mpl,lotl
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RHODA EMILY - See CREAM CITY
————————————————————————±
EMMA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
8608
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info :
1864, Chicago
Specs :
41x12x6, 21 t.
Date of loss :
1868, Sep
Place of loss : at
Bay City, Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : No detail. Document