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M.C. & M.C. No. 2 - See SIDNEY O. NEFF
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MACASSA - See MANASOO
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MACATAWA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
91561
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, excursion steamer
Build info :
1883, J.B. Martel,
Specs : 96x17x6,
71 gt 57 nt
Date of loss :
1897, Oct 23
Place of
loss :
in Calumet R,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She burned to water’s edge at
Also burned at
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,polk,hcgl
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MACEDONIAN or
Other names : none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1824,
Specs : 50x15x5,
32 t.
Date of loss :
1829, Nov 23
Place of
loss :
W side of E Sister Isl.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 11
Carrying :
barrelled whitefish and general freight
Detail : She left
Sources :
ledc,nsp,wl,wmhs
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MACK JEAN
Other names :
built as C.W. ENDRESS, renamed in 1918
Official no. : C130778
Type at loss :
propeller, wood (fish tug?)
Build info :
1898, Burger & Burger,
Specs : 83x18x8,
146 t.
Date of loss :
1927, Aug
Place of
loss :
at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Burned in port a total loss.
Sold Canadian in
1913.
Sources :
mmgl,csv,mv,mpl
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Other names :
none also seen as LYDIA MAC
Official no. : C?
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1872, Crouth,
Specs : 100 t
Date of loss :
1877, Sep 22
Place of
loss :
20 mi SW of Port Stanley
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
165 t. coal
Detail : She sprang a leak while bound
Out of
Sources :
h,clu,win,es,nsp
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MACKINAC
Other names :
none
Official no. :
51214
Type at loss :
unrigged scow, wood
Build info :
1882,
Specs : 238g,
238n
Date of loss :
1893, Nov 16
Place of
loss :
off
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Foundered.
Hailed from Grand
Haven
Sources :
h,mv
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MACKINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. : 90135
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, freighter
Build info :
1866, J. Stupinsky,
Specs : 125x26x9, 203g 164n
Date of loss :
1890, Oct 28
Place of
loss :
at dock at
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
corn
Detail :
a fire started under her boiler and she burned to a total loss at the
dock while unloading her cargo. Her crew and the local dockwallopers pushed her
away from the wharf. Owned by Rice & Van Buskirk of
Rebuilt to a prop
from a sidewheeler in 1877. Lengthened 19' in 1880.
Sources :
mv,nsp,slh,hdm,lhl,phr,hgl,mpl
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DAVID MACY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
6958
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1878, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven,
Specs : 127x26x8,
193g 183n
Date of loss :
1896, Sep 21
Place of
loss :
off Bar Point
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She was run into at night by the
steamer FEDORA near Bar Point and cut to the water's edge. Her crew was able to
abandon in her yawl and made it to Amherstburg the following morning.
Out of
Sources :
bbas,hgl,mv,polk,jm
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SILVANUS J. MACY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115784
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1881, W. Morley,
Specs : 165x32x11, 753g 613n
Date of loss :
1902, Nov 23
Place of loss :
abeam of Port Burwell, Ont.
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
14 [all]
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Bound
Owned by
Inter-Lake Trans. Co. of
Rebuilt and her
tonnage increased in 1887
Sources :
sol,is,ns1,h,mv,ledc,nsp,mpl,m&h
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LIZZIE MADDEN
Other names :
built as steamer CHENANGO(qv), last name in 1890
Official no. :
126431
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1887, J. Oades,
Specs : 175x34x13, 691g 518n
Date of loss :
1907, Nov 22
Place of
loss :
near Point Lookout,
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She caught fire while underway,
and burned to the waterline after hger
crew abandoned. The hulk drifted out to Charity Isl., where it stranded.
Total loss.
Almost destroyed
by fire on L Erie,
Rebuilt,
shortened 6', depth reduced 7' at Davidson yd.,
Sources :
slh,sbs,ns1,phr,mv,mpl
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Other names :
none also spelled MADIERA
Official no. : 90321
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1871, G. Goble,
Specs : 137x26x11,
322 t.
Date of loss :
1877, Oct 10
Place of
loss :
Long Point of
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
grain
Detail : She had her steering gear
disabled by a storm and came to anchor off Long Point. She slipped her anchor,
stranded and broke up, despite the efforts of the wrecking tug
