©1999-2009,
David D. Swayze,
Great
beginning with the letter
S
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S.O. & Co. #85 - See CLEVECO
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S.T. Co. #85 - See also CLEVECO
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L.C. SABIN - See NORTH CAROLINA
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SACHEM
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116267
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info :
1889, Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, MI
Specs :
187x34x15, 739g 543n
Date of loss :
1928, Oct 8
Place of loss :
near Port Lambton, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail :
an exploding oil stove started a fire that destroyed her while she was
underway. She beached on Roberts
Landing, where she burned to a total loss.
Sources :
sol,ns3,mv,nsp,mpl,eas
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SACHEM
Other names :
built as tug JOHN KELDERHOUSE, renamed SACHEM in 1911, renamed DEREK E.
after 1990
Official no. :
204106
Type at loss :
propeller tug, steel Diesel
Build info :
1907, B.T. Cowles,
Specs :
72x20x11, 100g 70g
Date of loss :
1950, Dec 18
Place of loss : off
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
12 [all]
Carrying :
none
Detail : According to crewmen working on
the sand dredge
Converted from
steam to Diesel propulsion in 1950.
Sources :
mv,gs,is,wm2,mpl,kvd,eas,ems,uscg
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Other names : none
Official no. :
22277
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1850, Lockwood, Madison Dock, OH
Specs :
116 t. om
Date of loss :
1867, Oct (2)
Place of loss :
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
all but one [3 or 4]
Carrying :
coke
Detail : Bound
She MAY have been
recovered as she still appears in 1869 mv.
Major repair in
1859
Ashore with loss
of life near
Sources :
hgl,nsp,rsl,bb,mv
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Other names :
none
Official no. :
116682
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, J. Davidson,
Specs :
308x43x21, 2380g 1911n
Date of loss :
1917, May 15
Place of loss :
near Port Austin Reef lighthouse
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She struck the reef and went
down. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered and returned to service.
Abandoned at site
of Davidson Shipyard in 1939 and her remains are still there.
rebuilt 1905, 1918
Sources :
vbs,mv,gwgl,sbs,slh,h,ns4
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SADDLEBAG -
former entry removed pending further information
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SAGAMORE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
57932
Type at loss :
barge, steel, whaleback, bulk freight
Build info :
1892, American Steel Barge Co. [A. McDougall], W. Superior, WI
Specs :
308 ft. 1601g 1557n
Date of loss :
1901, Jul 29
Place of loss : off
Iroquois Pt., Whitefish Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was riding at anchor
waiting out fog when she was rammed by the 300-ft steel steamer NORTHERN QUEEN.
SAGAMORE was riding very low in the water and was practically invisible because
of the normal low profile of whalebacks. She split amidships and sank very
quickly. She had been the tow of the whaleback steamer PATHFINDER. Master:
Capt. S. Joiner(d).
Sources :
mv,ns1,lssc,is(2-69,1-71),lol,gwgl,sol,ns1,lss,nsp,mpl
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SAGAMORE
Other names :
built as tug JAMES O’CONNOR, renamed 1919
Official no. :
218114
Type at loss :
Diesel workboat, steel
Build info :
1906, Buffalo
Specs :
39x12x5, 14g 9n
Date of loss :
1936, Dec 8
Place of loss : 5
mi off Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Foundered. No detail.
Owned in 1934 by
Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging, Buffalo.
Sources :
slh,h,mv,bb
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H.W. SAGE
Other names :
also seen as HENRY W. SAGE
Official no. : 95414
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1875, T. Boston, Bangor, MI as a
schooner
Specs :
203x36x13, 848g 803n
Date of loss :
1903, Oct 4
Place of loss :
near Poverty Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : Tow of the prop SAMOA and bound
Escanaba for Lake Erie, she was torn loose and foundered in a storm. She was a
total loss, but her crew was able to abandon to the steamer before she went
down. Owned by John Kelderhouse, the Maytham estate and her master: Capt John
Laughlin.
Rammed and quickly
sunk by the steel steamer CHICAGO in the St. Clair R. Jul 29, 1900. One or two
lives were lost, crushed in her foc’sl. She was raised in September in an
expensive salvage operation [due to the current] and converted from a schooner
to a schooner-barge.
Also ashore in
Hammond's Bay, Straits, and declared a total loss, Nov, 1889. Recovered in summer, 1891. Also
stranded near Cleveland in Sep, 1895, waterlogged off Sand Beach, MI, Apr,
1902.
Sources :
ns1,hgl,vbs,sbs,polk,nsp,h,ns1,st,mpl,wgts
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RUSSELL SAGE - See ATLASCO
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SAGINAW - See
also OCEAN
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SAGINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22372
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1862, D. Lester, Newport, MI
Specs :
138x26x11, 285 t. (378 t. om)
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 28
Place of loss :
near Ashtabula, Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
sulphur
Detail :
Bound for Cleveland, she went ashore in a storm and was reported a total
loss.
Driven high up on
a rocky bar near Black River, OH, in mid-Oct, 1873. The big Detroit tug
CHAMPION was unsuccessful in getting a line to her to pull her off. She was stripped and abandoned by the tug
MARGARET in May, 1874. Recovered and
repaired later that year.
Out of Cleveland.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,rsl,phr,wmn,wl
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SAGINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
57283
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood
Build info :
1866, E. Saginaw, MI*
Specs :
138x26x13, 310g 296n
Date of loss :
1880, Aug 27
Place of loss :
off Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
and fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : Last in a tow of four barges,
she broke away from the tug ALANSON SUMNER and went ashore in a gale. The
schooner H.M. SCOVE(qv) in tow of the tug
STRANGER, picked up her crew and one sailor's dog, who had clung to the
waterlogged wreck for more than 20 hours. A signal lantern which was hung in
the wreck to mark it’s position later caught it afire and it burned to a total
loss. Master: Capt Bunting. Owner: Eloen W. Hudson & H. L. Brown, Detroit.
*A newspaper
report says this was the former steamer SAGINAW, US#22382, built at Cleveland
in 1850. The fact that she was 57283 is borne out by registration documents.
Sources :
vbs,nsp,phr
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SAGINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. : C69524
Type at loss :
propeller wrecking tug
Build info :
1873, Port Huron Dry Dock [A. Stewart], Port Huron as a small carferry
Specs :
142x26x10, 365 t.
Date of loss :
1892, May 6
Place of loss :
Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
?
Detail : Caught fire at her dock and
burned to the waterline. She was expected to be a total loss as the repairs
were deemed to be more than her insurance, but she was eventually recovered and
returned to service.
Sold Canadian 1873
and laid up about 1884 because of her limited usefulness. Converted to her
final configuration in 1886. She was an odd-looking tug, a well-known wrecker in the Detroit River area
until broken up about 1940.
Sources :
glc,csv,vbs,mmgl,slh,mv,lhl,nsp
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SAGINAW
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115118
Type at loss :
steam barge, wood, bulk freight, lumber
Build info :
1866, Marine City, MI as a sidewheel steamer
Specs :
194x29x11, 509g 431n
Date of loss :
1905, Nov 24
Place of loss : 3
mi below Port Huron
Lake : St Clair R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
light
Detail : She reportedly burned to a
total loss, but newspapes said two tugs and the local fire department prevented
her from being totally destroyed. Not officially abandoned until 1914 thus may
have been recovered after this fire. She had been bound for Cheboygan, Mich.
Converted from
sidewheeler to a schooner-barge in 1891; converted to a propeller for the
lumber trade in 1893.
Sources :
slh,mv,lhl,mpl,hcgl,wmn
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SAILOR BOY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23105
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1866, C.E. Owen, Algonac, MI
Specs :
75x21x7, 76 nt.
Date of loss :
1883, May 21
Place of loss : 2
mi S of Milwaukee Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 3
Carrying :
wood
Detail : Bound Pierport, MI, for
Milwaukee, she anchored outside the harbor waiting for gale to abate, but later
broke her chains and drove aground near Bay View. Her crew made it in on a heaving line with
help from bystanders on the beach. The
vessel was stripped and abandoned the next day.
Owned by Anderson of Milwaukee.
Sources :
phr,polk,mv,h,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp
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SAILOR BOY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116393
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger
Build info :
1891, Wheeler & Williams, W. Bay City hull#79
Specs :
91x24x7, 163g 112n
Date of loss :
1923, May 12 (also given as 1921)
Place of loss :
Portage Ship Canal, near Hancock, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire and burned at
Stringer’s Sawmill dock 100 yds E of Wright's Pt. The wreckage is off Osceola
Point, Hancock.
Sources :
vbs,gwgl,is,lss,sbs,mv,bb,eas
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ST. ALBANS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23514
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1868, Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs :
135x26x11, 435 t.
Date of loss :
1881, Jan 30
Place of loss : 8
mi NNE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none of 27
Carrying :
general merchandise, flour, cattle
Detail : She rammed a cake of ice, which
filled the hole it had made in her hull. She rushed for shore, but as the ice melted, the vessel filled and sank.
Bound Milwaukee for Ludington, she was a total loss of $35,000. She was a
Northern Transportation Co. boat serving small Lake Michigan ports out of Grand
Haven. Master: Capt. E. D. Casey.
Sources :
hgl,nsp,mv,lmdc,usls,mpl,bb
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ST. ANDREW
Other names :
built as steamer W.B. HALL, renamed, 1896
Official no. : C96094
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1885, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs :
193x31x13, 1113g 722n
Date of loss :
1900, Sep 21
Place of loss : S.
side of Bachand I., 80 mi NE Port Arthur
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail : She ran aground on a shoal,
damaging her bottom. After the crew escaped, the vessel slid off into deeper
water the next day. She had been bound Jackfish Pt. for Fort William to pick up
a cargo of wheat for Kingston. Owned by Playfair & Co. of Midland, Ont. and
by her skipper, Capt. Featherstonehaugh.
Wrecked in
Georgian Bay in 1896 and rebuilt.
Originally 158x28
ft, lengthened, 1897
Sources :
ns1,csv,is(1-71),gwgl,lss,nsp,win,mpl,do not in mmgl as ST.
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ST. ANDREWS
Other names :
also seen as ST. ANDREW*
Official no. :
22416
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1857, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs :
143x31x13, 475 gt.
Date of loss :
1878, Jun 26
Place of loss :
11.4 mi, 124 deg. from Mackinac Pt., Straits
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
27,480 bu. corn
Detail : She collided with schooner
PESHTIGO(qv), falling over on her and foundering. Both vessels sank. The
collision occurred at night, while ST. ANDREW was bound Chicago for
Buffalo. Both crews were picked up by
the schooner S. V. R. WATSON. Owned by McMorran & Fitzgerald, Port Huron.
Master: Capt. Peter Lynch.
Document not
surrendered until 1887.
rebuilt, 1874-5
and enlarged - built as a 322 t.
2-master
*listed both ways
in Merchant Vessels of the U.S.
Sources :
ssm,hgl,slh,lhdc,is,es,nsp
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ST. ANDREWS
Other names :
also seen as ST. ANDREW
Official no. : C75645
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines
Specs :
116x23x11, 214gc 202nc
Date of loss :
1882, Sep 11 (Sep 21 also given, in error)
Place of loss : 10
mi offshore, S of Big Creek, Ont., 10 mi S of New Cut light
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
14,000 bu wheat
Detail : She sprung a leak in a storm
while bound Toledo for Kingston. Her skipper attempted to run her for shore,
but she sank in 60 feet of water. Registered out of St. Catharines, owned by
Shickluna
Rebuilt in 1869
Sources :
win,hgl,mmgl,h,lhdc,eas,rp,wl,es,nsp
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ST. ANTHONY
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?(1856, Erie, PA - sister of schr ST. PAUL)
Specs :
?
Date of loss :
1856, Oct (28)
Place of loss : off
Goderich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and
wrecked, her bottom ripped out. As of late November thoughts were still
entertained that she could be saved, but there is no evidence that she sailed
again. Loss on hull and cargo: $36,000.
The wrecking tug FASHION was reportedly destroyed in another storm while going
to her assistance. Master: Capt. Hiram Blood. Owner: Gen. C. M. Read.
Sources :
slh,hgl,(nsp),ctw,wmn,blu[1856]
not in mmgl
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ST. CLAIR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1843, Detroit
Specs :
140x19x8, 210 t.
Date of loss :
1850, Aug 5
Place of loss :
unreported
Lake : unreported
Type of loss : unreported
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Reported as lost on this date,
no detail.
(Note: This
reported loss date is 3 days BEFORE she was enrolled at Detroit by J. Watkin.)
Sources :
www,lhl,hdm,wl
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ST. CLAIR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1820, Newport, MI
Specs :
30 t.
Date of loss :
1855, Oct (18)
Place of loss : off
Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : "sunk"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
in ballast
Detail :
no detail - reported by the steamer SAM WARD as sunk. Property loss:
$2,000.
Sources :
slh,hgl,nsp,wmn
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ST. CLAIR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23109
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight "steambarge" with some passenger
accommodations
Build info :
1867, J. Bushnell, Algonac, MI
Specs :
127x26x10, 326 g.
Date of loss :
1876, Jul 9
Place of loss : off
14-mile Pt., near Ontonagon, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
26 of 31 or 32
Carrying :
passengers,cattle,merchandise
Detail : Bound Ontonogon for Houghton,
she caught fire near her boiler and burned to the waterline. Most of the
victims drowned in the icy lake after her one tiny lifeboat swamped several
times. Vessel was a woodburner with a history of fires. Owned by Capt. Eber
Ward of Detroit . Master: Capt. Robert Rhyneas..
Sources :
phr,hgl,sol,is,lhl,lss,nsp,usls,es,df,eas,jb,bb
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ST. CLAIR
Other names :
none
Official no. :
57106
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1859, A. Cantin, Montreal, P.Q. as a bark
Specs :
156x26x5, 296g., 272n
Date of loss :
1888, Oct 1
Place of loss : off
Harbor Beach
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 of 7
Carrying :
coal
Detail : Part of a 5-barge tow of tug
CHAMPION, she broke loose and came to anchor off Harbor Beach. She finally dragged
in and sank near the mouth of harbor. The crewmen died when the U.S. Lifesavers
surf boat capsized in the breakers after
a 23-mile pull to Port Sanilac. The hulk was later lightered, raised and towed
out into the lake and resunk. Master: Capt. C. H. Jones(d).
Often reported as
having been built on the Saginaw R., but only rebuilt there in 1874, probably
sold US at that time.
Sources :
polk,hgl,phr,sol,slh,h,lhdc,nsp,sb,rep,mpl,eas
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ST. IGNACE
Other names : none
Official no. :
57924
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood
Build info :
1882
Specs :
238 t.
Date of loss :
1894, Nov 9*
Place of loss :
between Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
bricks
Detail : Capsized and foundered in gale.
*Date also given
in error as Nov 9, 1879.
Sources :
hgl,h,nsp,wbm,bb,usls
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ST. IGNACE
Other names :
none
Official no. : C134017
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, wrecker and ice-breaker
Build info :
1888, Detroit Dry Dock,
Detroit [US# 116191] hull# 85
Specs :
220x52x16, 1476 t.
Date of loss :
1916, Aug 30
Place of loss : in
harbor at Port Arthur [Thunder Bay], Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to total loss at
Western Drydock & Shipbuilding’s Co. dock. In advance of the fire there was
a rumor affot that she had been sold to the unpopular Russian government, but
it was denied by officials..
Built as wooden
carferry and reportedly used on Lake Michigan as such..
Sold Canadian, 1915.
Sources :
csv,mv,mmgl,atl,is,mpl,wmn
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ST. JAMES
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22417
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1856, Merry & Gay, Milan, Oh
Specs :
118x25x11, 227 gt
Date of loss :
1870, Oct. (24)
Place of loss : 20
mi N of Erie, Pa
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
unknown
Loss of life :
7
Carrying :
14,000 bu wheat
Detail :
Left Toledo, bound for Oswego, NY, Oct. 23, and never arrived at Port
Colborne and the Welland Canal. The cause of her loss has never been
determined. When she was found in 165 ft of water, her rigging showed sails
were still up at the time she went down, so she was probably NOT destroyed by a
storm. No general storm was going on at the time. Out of Erie.
She was located in
1984 and identified early in 1999. Images and I.D.
Sources :
svi,mv,hgl,ec,ewe
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ST. JOSEPH - See FRANK B. STEVENS
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ST. JOSEPH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1846, J.W. Banta, Buffalo
Specs :
170x27x11, 460 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Nov 10
Place of loss :
near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
merchandise
Detail : Stranded and a total loss of
$46,000, vessel and cargo.
Owned by Western
Transportation Co.
Sources :
lhl,hgl,wl,eas,ctw,air,blu[56]
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ST. JOSEPH
Other names : ?
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
70 t.
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 8
Place of loss : S
end of Chantry isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
(storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
none
Detail : Stranded and wrecked.
Registered out of
Kincardine.
Sources :
win,slh,h, not in clu,mmgl
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ST. JOSEPH
Other names :
none
Official no. :
57210
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1852, Duba, Hamtramck, Mich
Specs :
91x22x7, 60 t.
Date of loss :
1877, mid-Oct
Place of loss :
near Beach Island
Lake : St.
Clair
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
?
Detail :
She collided with and was sunk by the schooner AMERICA. By the 23rd
she was reported “Stripped and abandoned, her cargo taken out,” a total loss.
Rebuilt and
enlarged after 1866 - originally 75 ft.
Sources :
nsp,wmn,bb,mv
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ST. JOSEPH
Other names :
none
Official no. : C77713
Type at loss :
scow-barge, wood
Build info :
1868, Toledo US# 57210
Specs :
91x22x7, 85gc 85nc
Date of loss :
1883, Oct 31*
Place of loss :
Lake St. Clair
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Foundered.
Sold Canadian in 1879, reg out of Wallaceburg
or Dresden
*Date also given
as 11/30/1884.
Another scow of
this name, b. J. Reno, 1859 at Belle R., 50x15x4, 28t, was lost on L. St. Clair
in 1880 or 81.
Sources :
win,polk,mv,h,mmgl
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ST. LAWRENCE
Other names : ?
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
?
Specs :
140 t.
Date of loss :
1838, Aug
Place of loss :
near Oak Orchard, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She capsized and sank in storm.
Sources :
is not in mmgl
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ST. LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1853, F. N Jones, Buffalo as a passenger steamer
Specs :
327x40x14, 1844 t. [as a steamer]
Date of loss :
1862, Oct 6
Place of loss : at
Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
1,000,000 bd ft lumber, staves
Detail :
She was being towed into the harbor by the tug MAGNET(qv) when she
sheered off and struck the breakwater. Then the
stern of the crippled vessel was run into by the outbound bark FAME(qv)
and she was spun around so that she sank directly across the channel. She
blockaded the harbor for several days until she was finally dragged deeper into
the harbor by the tug ANNA C. DOBBINS(qv). This was her first trip as a
barge. She was out of Bay City.
She apparently
laid sunken and idle in the Blackwell Canal, Buffalo, for a number of years
before being converted to a barge in 1862.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,bb,lhl
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ST. LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22584
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1842, G. Barber, Clayton, NY
Specs : 93x20x8,
111 t. [134 t. om]
Date of loss :
1878, Apr 30
Place of loss :
well out in the lake off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
2 of 5
Carrying :
timber
Detail :
When abreast of Milwaukee she caught fire from the boiling over of a
kettle of pitch which was being melted on the galley stove. The fire progressed
so rapidly that the crew had no time to shorten sail before abandoning, and,
with the ship underway, the lifeboat
capsized as soon as hitting the water, drowning the captain and a passenger.
The rest of the crew was rescued by the schooner GRANADA. When last seen the
blazing vessel was 25-30 miles SE of Milwaukee. Owned by her skipper, Capt. M.
Larkins(d), his wife and a partner and was out of Ahnapee, WI
Rebuilt in 1853
Sources :
ge,mv,rsl,sip,nsp
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ST. LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
116331
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1890, W. Morley, Marine City, MI
Specs :
239x41x20, 1437g 1030n
Date of loss :
1898, Nov 25
Place of loss : 2
mi S. of Pt. Betsie light
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
64,000 bu. corn
Detail : She drove ashore and wrecked in
a storm and fog, unable to hear the light’s steam whistle due to the ferocity
of the storm. The Lifesaving Service crew fired a line at the sound of the
ship's whistle in a blinding gale. Their accuracy was amazing as the line
became entagled in the whistle cord, so that when the lifesavers pulled the line,
it blew the unseen ship's whistle. Ship's crew then discovered the line and
were rescued. Registered out of Port
Huron and owned by Morley & Hill, Marine City. Master: Capt. A. H. Senghas
(lost on str JOHN B. LYON in 1900). After unceasing efforts to save her, she was reported broken up in a storm Dec 9. However, a
wrecking company from Muskegon was able to pull her off and tow her to that
port in June of the following year. Her engine was rebuilt, but there is no
evidence that the boat ever ran again.
Sources :
phr,(hgl*),is(4-67),h,mv,hs,nsp,mpl
*erroneous info
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ST. LAWRENCE
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22348
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1863, Quayle & Martin, Cleveland
Specs :
137x26x12, 281g 267n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 21
Place of loss :
near Lorain, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
600 t. coal
Detail : Bound Amherstburg from
Cleveland with coal, she was driven ashore by a gale and wrecked while trying
to make it into Lorain harbor for shelter. Sh quickly became a total loss.The
captain, his wife and 3 children made it to shore in her yawl; the other 4 crew
were rescued from her rigging by Lifesaving Service. Capt. John D. Baker of
Detroit, the owner and master was
censured in the press for bringing his family on such a rickety craft in Nov.
Rebuilt, 1876
Sources :
hgl,mv,ns1,h,nsp,eas,ew
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ST. LOUIS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1844, Sam’l Hubbell, Perrysburg, OH
Specs :
190x27x12, 618 t. om
Date of loss :
1852, Nov 7
Place of loss : off
Kelley's Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
passengers, misc. freight, rr cars
Detail : Stranded and sank in gale on
Kelley's Island Shoal. Her crew and passengers were later rescued by the
passenger steamer NORTHERN INDIANA. The hulk was later burned, after its engine
had been removed. Boiler is still on the site. Owned by Eber & Sam’l Ward,
Newport, Mich. Master: Capt. C. H. Ludlow.
Four lives were
lost when she was washed by a huge wave off Dunkirk, NY, in a storm in October,
1844.
Wreck located in
1964.
Sources :
hgl,sol,ledc,less,lc,lhl,mpl,wl,eas,ew,rnc,ski
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ST. LOUIS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1848, Buffalo, NY [also seen as Kalamazoo R., MI]
Specs :
114x25x9, 211 t. om
Date of loss :
1860, Aug 30
Place of loss :
just W of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Upbound, she was caught in a squall and driven on the beach, a total
loss. Owned by her skipper.
Sources :
nsp,hgl
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ST. LOUIS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C75636
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1877, L. Shickluna, St, Catharines, Ont. as a bark
Specs :
128x26x12, 360g/n
Date of loss :
1926, May 26
Place of loss : at
Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She burned at her dock, either
by accident or perhaps in lieu of scrapping.
One of the last
operating sail vessels on the lakes when lost. Registered out of Kingston.
Sources :
ns3,polk,hgl,is(2-90),mmgl,osdo,mpl
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ST. MAGNUS
Other names :
later MAGNOLIA(1898) and LUCKPORT(!)(1919)
Official no. : C77693
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1880, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs :
180x28 853 t.
Date of loss :
1895, Jun 7
Place of loss :
Cuyahoga, OH & Port Dalhousie, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
capsized/fire
Loss of life :
1
Carrying :
wire, pig iron
Detail : She capsized and sank at her dock
while loading. She was soon raised and towed to drydock at Hamilton. While
there she caught fire and burned to a
near-total loss (Sep 7, 1895).
Master: Capt. Becker(d). Later rebuilt, renumbered (C103690)* and renamed MAGNOLIA. See LUCKPORT for more.
Wallace list: May
have been built on hull of R.W. STANDLEY.
*by being
renumbered, she technically became a new vessel.
Sources :
hgl,csv,ns4,nsp,mmgl,is,sol,win,mpl,eas
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ST. MARIES
Other names :
also seen as STE. MARIES & STE. MARIE
Official no. :
115473
Type at loss :
propeller,wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1875, L.P. Trempe, Sugar Isl., MI
Specs :
97x19x5, 132g 84n
Date of loss :
1892, Aug 30
Place of loss : near Sturgeon Pt., Mich.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire offshore and
burned to a total loss. She had been bound St. Clair, MI to Harrisville, MI.
Document surrendered at Port Huron Sep 5, 1892, annotated "burned
8/30/92."
Sank 4 mi SE of
Sturgeon Pt., L. Huron in 1888 and recovered.
Out of Port Huron
Sources :
polk,hgl,mv,slh,h,phr,mpl,usls
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ST. MARY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22556
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1857, G. Notter & C. VanSlyke, Buffalo
Specs :
64x15x7, 36g
Date of loss :
1885, Dec 1
Place of loss : off
Glen Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at
the dock and sank. Owned by Banks & Sutherland of Port Sherman, Mich., out of Frankfort. Master: Capt. Sutherland.
Suffered another
major fire at Grand Haven in 1863.
Rebuilt, 1869, 82
Sources :
lhl,polk,hgl,mv,sb,nsp,nb,wl
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ST. MARYS
Other names :
also seen as ST. MARY
Official no. :
none
Type at loss : schooner,
wood
Build info :
1848, Perrysburg, Oh
Specs :
253 t.
Date of loss :
1860, Sep 7
Place of loss : off
Winetka, Il
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying : pig iron
Detail :
She foundered the same night and in the vicinty of the LADY ELGIN, but
was overlooked until a few weeks later when a body thought to be from the
steamer was identified as a member of her crew. Her lifeboat washed ashore just
north of Chicago on the 23rd. Wreck located in 1995, in 120 feet of
water.
Sources :
rnc,hgl,wl,bb,rnc,wgts
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ST. NICHOLAS
Other names :
none
Official no. : C33486
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk & package freight
Build info :
1853, J. Andrews, Cape Vincent, NY
Specs :
129x24x11, 372gt 115nt
Date of loss :
1857, Nov 23
Place of loss :
Sleeping Bear Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying :
10,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kingston, she
became waterlogged in a storm and was driven onto the beach, where she broke
up. Out of Hamilton, Ont. Master: Capt. May.
Officially
abandoned in Feb, 1858.
Built for the
Bancroft Line, running between Cape Vincent & Detroit. Sold Canadian in
1855
Sources :
lhl,csv,hgl,mmgl,sb,nb,nsp,rnc
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ST. PAUL
- See also PFOHL, VEGA
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ST. PAUL
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23755
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1868, Arnold, Marine City, MI as a passenger prop
Specs :
203x31x21, 760g 525n
Date of loss :
1900, Nov 26
Place of loss : 4
mi off Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal, towing schr J. I. CASE
Detail : She caught fire offshore. After
the fire was brought under control, she was towed in and settled near the mouth
of Thunder Bay R. Maybe later recovered by F.W. Fletcher of Alpena. Owned by
the Corrigan fleet, Cleveland.
May have been put
back in service and later burned at Goderich, Ont. [1903]
Several lives lost
in a fire on her in 1883 at Detroit.
Rebuilt 1882,
major repairs in 1884.
Sources :
polk,nsp,hgl,usls
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ST. PETER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23516
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1868, P. Perry, New Baltimore, MI
Specs :
90x24x9, 120 t.
Date of loss :
1874, May 5
Place of loss : 35
mi NE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
hull failure
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat or corn
Detail :
She sprang a leak and by the time it was discovered, it was too late to
save her. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and pulled 35 miles to Milwaukee.
Owned and sailed by Capt. G. W. Flood, Chicago.
Bound Toledo for
Cleveland in Nov, 1869, she hit bottom and began to leak so profusely that her
skipper put her in the shallows near Green Island, where she capsized and sank
in 25 feet of water. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,mdwl,wmn,whs
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ST. PETER
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115232
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1873, Edwards, Toledo, OH
Specs :
136x26x12, 290g 275n
Date of loss :
1898, Oct 27
Place of loss : 5
mi NW of Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
8 of 9
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
After having lost her rudder in a gale and drifting about 15 miles, she
lost her fight and foundered in 104 feet of water. Lifesavers from Sodus Point
made it to within a mile of her on the tug PROCTOR when she turned turtle and sank.
Her skipper was the only survivor, while his wife was among the lost. Out of
Toledo and bound there from Oswego. Master: Capt. John Griffin, was also part
owner.
A good portion of
her remains were recovered in 1971 and now form the basis of a museum.
Major repair in
1882
Sources :
mv,polk,nsp,is(4-71),sol,osdo,win,hgl
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SALINA
Other names :
built as British [Canadian] schooner CATHERINE or CATHARINE; soon sold
American and renamed
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1809, Alexander McIntosh, Moy, Ont.*
Specs : ?
[few commercial vessels of this era exceeded 75 tons]
Date of loss :
1813, late winter
Place of loss :
9-10 mi off Erie, Pa
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
war loss
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
ships' running gear and sails
Detail : The American cargo vessel had
been captured at Mackinac by the British in 1812 [along with the schooner MARY
and the sloops ERIE and FRIEND's GOOD WILL] and her skipper, the famous Capt.
Daniel Dobbins, imprisoned. When Detroit fell, Dobbins was released or escaped
and soon was helping build a naval shipyard at Erie. In the winter of 1812-13
the British , who were attempting to rerig captured American warships at
Amhersburg, sent the SALINA to Port Dover, C.W. for new masts, sails and
rigging for the brig DETROIT [ex-ADAMS]. On the return trip the SALINA became
locked in a field of ice floes near Ft. Malden, was abandoned by her crew, and
wound up drifting with the ice to a point 9 or 10 miles off Erie. Capt. Dobbins
seized the opportunity and led a party
to loot her of her valuable cargo and burn the vessel which he had once
commanded. Later the same winter the
hulk may have been stripped of her ironwork (nails, etc.) for use in building
other American warships.
*Moy was a small
village just north of Windsor, Ont. The boat was purchased shortly after
building by American Capts Dobbins and R. S. Reed of Erie, Pa.
Sources :
jk,wl,jow,sv,hgl
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SALINA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
23106
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & freight
Build info :
1866, D. Lester, Marine City
Specs :
131x26x11, 212g 146n
Date of loss :
1896, Jan 1
Place of loss : 3
mi below Marine City, Mich.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
merchandise
Detail : Bound for Marine City from
Detroit, she caught fire and was
beached near Roberts Landing. Despite
the efforts of her crew, she burned to a total loss of $12,000. Her owners were
about to lay her up and so had let her insurance lapse. Owned by J. C.
Miller, her skipper Capt. Wm. Tomlin and
her engineer Herbert Marion, all of Marine City. All 3 were aboard at the time
of the fire.
She was reported
to have been the second purpose-built steam-barge built on the lakes, after the
steamer TRADER (qv).
Seriously damaged
in collision with schooner LIZZIE A LAW on the Saginaw River in 1895.
Rebuilt, 1882,1895
Sources :
phr,polk,mv,hgl,slh,lhl,nsp,jb,nsp
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SALT LAKE CITY - See CHESTER A.
CONGDON
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SALTILLO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1847, Sackett's Harbor, NY as a brig
Specs :
240 t.
Date of loss :
1853, Nov 25
Place of loss : at
Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss :
storm/collision
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
RR rails,coal
Detail : She was upbound for Chicago.
While attempting to shelter in the mouth of the river, she was blown into the
schooner HENRY HAGER and sank. Homeport at Chicago, owned by J. R. Hagunin of
Port Huron
Much of her cargo
was salvaged in 1875.
Also sunk in a
collision on L St. Clair on her 1st voyage [1847] and again on St. Clair R.
earlier in 1853.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,st,eas,wmhs
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SALVOR
Other names :
built as tug GEORGE H. PARKER, renamed in 1898
Official no. : C74061*
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, salvage tug
Build info :
1861, J. Stupinski, Detroit
Specs :
106x21x12, 126 cg
Date of loss :
1918, Jun 11, **
Place of loss : 7
mi off South Bay, Manitoulin Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none of 14
Carrying :
(none)
Detail : Bound Port Huron for French
River, Ont. to meet the tug SARNIA CITY and pick up a log raft for Sarnia, Ont,
she foundered in a storm. Her crewmen made their way to shore in a desolate
area and built a large beach fire. They were found the next morning and received
succor from the local inhabitants. Recently purchased by the famous Reid
Wrecking and Towing Co., Sarnia, Ont. This was to be her first job in her
current incarnation as a Reid tug. Reid's may have owned her earlier, as well.
Master: Capt. Barney Morgan.
**loss date given
in official records and newspapers as June 11, but August 13 is given by one of
her crewmen. Date also reported as Sep 11.
Sold Canadian
1877, resold U.S. 1892 (US# 10242) , resold Canadian 1903. Mills list says
"on and off Canadian register three
times."
After being
condemned in about 1887, she was purchased by Abraham Smith of Algonac and
rebuilt and re-engined, but Smith was unable to find a buyer for her and she
lay idle at Detroit for five years.
Rebuilt at Bay
City in 1898 after burning at Harbor Springs, Mich., in October, 1897.
*May have been
renumbered [C116395] in 1904
Sources :
csv,mv,polk,mmgl,slh,jtd,nsp,wl,hcgl
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SALVOR
Other names :
built as TURRET CHIEF, VICKERSTOWN(1915), JOLLY INEZ(1918), last name in
1928.
Official no. :
(C106605)
Type at loss :
barge steel, bulk freight [former "turret steamer"]
Build info :
1896, Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, Eng. hull# 248
Specs :
253x45x27, 1881 t.
Date of loss :
1930, Sep 26
Place of loss : N
of Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
5 [all]
Carrying :
stone
Detail : Tow of the tug FITZGERALD, she
broke loose and foundered in a gale.
Served as an
ocean-going transport in WW I.
Used as a
stone-hauler and wrecker.
Converted to
barge in 1928 at Detour, MI (US owned?)
Sources :
csv,ns4,gs,sol,is,h,lmdc,eas
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SALVUS - See LAMBTON
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SAMANA
Other names :
built as DANE, renamed in 1873*;
often seen as SAMARA
Official no. :
115202
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1857, Asa Wilcox, Three Mile Bay
Specs :
137x26x11, 287g 273n
[143 feet overall]
Date of loss :
1892, Oct 29
Place of loss :
Cleveland harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 5
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
After breasting a storm for several hours, she ran back to Cleveland to
shelter. She went out of control while coming in and struck a dock, then sank
and went to pieces quickly at the foot of Dodge St. Her crew jumped onto the
dock as she hit.
Named for the Bay
of Samana, Island of Santo Domingo
Heavily damaged in
a gale near Port Colcorne in Nov, 1879.
*Thoroughly
rebuilt by A. Miller & Co., Oswego, in 1873 after wrecking in 1871. The
rebuild was so complete that she was registered as a new vessel, an unusual
occurance. Earlier registration number as DANE: US#6326
Sources :
polk,mv,osdo,h,ledc,phr,wb,hgl,usls,rp,nsp,wmn,wmhs
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SAMOA
Other names :
built as steamer THOMAS W. PALMER, last name in 1889
Official no. :
145513
Type at loss :
propeller, composite, bulk freight
Build info :
1880, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI
hull# 90
Specs :
281x41x20, 2134g 1622n
Date of loss :
1909, Sep 21
Place of loss :
Torch Lake, Portage ship canal
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
copper sand
Detail : While attempting to shelter
from a thunderstorm in the lake, she was struck by lightning, caught fire and
burned to the waterline.
Owned by Capt. H.
Baker, Detroit
Sunk in the
Brockville Narrows, St. Lawrence R. in July, 1896, after striking bottom.
Sister of MANCHESTER
and JOHN OWEN(qv). MANCHESTER was not scrapped until 1959, last of the
"composite" vessels.
Sources :
mv,is,atl,ns1,gwgl,lss,nsp,hcgl
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SAMPSON -
former entry (1889) removed; probably
misreporting of the wrecking of the tug SAMPSON by ice in 1880 (subsequently
recovered)
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SAMPSON
Other names :
Official no. :
Type at loss :
scow, wood
Build info :
1901
Specs :
235 t.
Date of loss :
1914, Jun 19
Place of loss : at
Pigeon R., Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : Total loss, no detail. Document
surrendered at Port Huron Nov 17, 1914.
Sources :
phr,eas
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SAMSON
Other names :
also seen as SAMPSON
Official no. :
22381
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1843, R & J Hollister, Perrysburg, Oh as a passenger/package freight
steamer
Specs :
134x25x8, 250 t. [om]
Date of loss :
1875, Nov 29
Place of loss :
old river bed, Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
Burned to a loss of $15,000. Declared a total loss, but raised the
following year and lasted to at least 1889.
Stranded and
supposed lost in a general gale of Nov 12, 1852 that caused damage to over 50
vessels. She went ashore right opposite Bidwell & Banta's shipyard. She had
just finished being repaired at Erie, Pa, the previous day.
Rebuilt, 1866, at
Detroit
Sources :
nsp,wl,mv,hgl,lhl,wl,eas,nsp,rnc
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SAMSON
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss :
barge, wood
Build info :
1873, J. O'Leary, Wallaceburg
Specs :
81x21x4, 52 t.
Date of loss :
1879, Apr 25
Place of loss :
near the head of Belle Isle
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying :
100 cords wood
Detail : In tow of the small tug COMET,
she caught fire from a spark from the tug’s stack while bound for Detroit. She
was abandoned by the tug and burned to a total loss. Owned by McRae of
Wallaceburg.
Perhaps LADY
SAMSON - b.1873, J. Johnson, Wilkesport, Ont., 95x25x4. Disappears off NAC
records in late 70's.
Sources :
slh,mmgl,nsp,wmn
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SAN JACINTO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22352
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, B.B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs :
130x28x11, 266 gt.
Date of loss :
1881, May 12*
Place of loss : 8
mi NW of Cove Island, Georgian Bay (also given as South Baymouth)
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fog
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
17,000 bu corn
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for
Collingwood, she struck a rock and foundered in fog, going down in five fathoms
of water. Owned by O. B. Mullen, Chicago
*date also given
as Nov 12, Jun 20. May date is from contemporary newspaper account.
Heavy damage in a
collision in 1862. Rebuilt in 1871, also after a wreck at Sheboygan.
Sources :
do2,h,win,hgl,bb,nsp,wmn
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SAND MERCHANT
Other names :
none
Official no. : C153443
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight "sandsucker"
Build info :
1927, Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ont. hull# 79
Specs :
252x44x20, 1981 t.
Date of loss :
1936, Oct 17
Place of loss : off
Avon Pt., 13 miles E of Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
19 of 25
Carrying :
sand
Detail : She capsized and sank in a
storm. An inquiry determined that her heavy sandsucking gear on deck contributed
to her instability.
Owned by National
Sand & Metal, Toronto.
Sources :
ns4,csv,win,mmgl,s,smgl,sol,is,h,ledc,ew
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SANDERS - See SAUNDERS
————————————————————————±
WILLIAM SANDERSON
Other names :
none
Official no. :
26562
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1853, G. Goble, Oswego, NY
Specs :
136x25x7, 385g 307n
Date of loss :
1874, Nov 22 or 23
Place of loss : off
Empire, MI, near Sleeping Bear
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7-10 [all]
Carrying :
20,000 bu. wheat
Detail : She left Chicago the 20th,
bound for Oswego. Along the way she
encountered a storm and was broken up offshore.
Inquiries were made for days as to her whereabouts when she didn't show
up at Detroit. Her wreckage washed up on the 26th with her yawlboat still in
the davits, but no trace was ever found of her crew. Master: Capt. John C.
Brown(d).
1874 was a year of
disastrous luck for her. She was ashore and heavily damaged near White Rock,
Mich, Lake Huron, in August, and her
captain was knocked overboard by a boom and drowned in early October.
Also sunk on Lake
Ont. in 1871.
Rebuilt in the
winter of 1873-4, and in 1868
Sources :
ssb,hgl,tel,osdo,nb,es,nsp,bb
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W.M. SANDI-PAT
Other names :
also seen as SANDY PAT
Official no. : C172141
Type at loss :
propeller tug, (steel), fishing
Build info :
1944, Port Dover, Ont
Specs :
47x13x5, 11 t.
Date of loss :
1969, Dec 3
Place of loss : Off
Pte Aux Pins (or Erie, PA)
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life :
2
Carrying :
none
Detail : She foundered, a total loss.
After she first became disabled, fellow tug DONNA F attempted to tow her in,
but she sank enroute.
Sources :
win,is(1-70),ledc,bb
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SANDUSKY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
bark or barge, wood, 3-mast [salvage vessel]
Build info :
1834, F. Church, Sandusky, OH as a sidewheeler
Specs :
148x26x10 370 t.*
Date of loss :
1844, Oct 2
Place of loss : E
of Long Point, near Cattaraugus
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
gear
Detail : Lost in a gale while attempting
to salvage the engine from the wrecked steamer ERIE. She was a loss of $4,000.
Master: Capt. J. Day.
She caught fire at
her dock on Buffalo Creek, Buffalo, and burned to the hull, Feb 23, 1843. Recovered and rebuilt
as this bark.
Ashore near
Sandusky in December, 1836.
* she was 377 t.
as a steamer.
Sources :
www,hgl,is(1-67),le,lhl,nsp,bb,jm,wmhs,wmn
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SANDUSKY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
brig, wood, 2-mast*
Build info :
1848, D. Dibble, Sandusky
Specs :
110x26x9, 226 t.
Date of loss :
1856, Sep 18
Place of loss :
5mi, 280 deg. from Old Mackinac Pt., Straits
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
7 [all]
Carrying :
grain
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she
sank with her masts emerging. Her crew cimbed up, but none of the several
vessels who saw them were able to assist.
She was a total loss of $18,000.
The wreck was located in 1985.
Ashore on Long
Point, Lake Erie, and sunk in October, 1848.
*also described as a bark
Sources :
www,hgl,ssm,slh,glss,dm,eas,air, blu[1856]
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SANDUSKY
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
propeller, wood
Build info :
1853, Geo. S. Weeks, Buffalo
Specs :
139x25x11, 370 t.
Date of loss :
1857, Oct
Place of loss :
near Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
flour & merchandise
Detail : Burned to a total loss. She had
gone ashore there in November of the previous year, and had probably never been
removed before she was burned. Owner: American Transportaion Co., Buffalo.
Master: probably Capt. John T. Douglas.
Sources :
sol,lhl,hgl,nsp,rnc,wmn,blu[1856]
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SANDY HOOK - See GERALDINE
BATTLE
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SANDY PAT - See W. M.
SANDI-PAT
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SANTIAGO
Other names :
none
Official no. : 116893
Type at loss :
schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1899, J. Davidson, W. Bay City hull# 90
Specs :
324x46x22, 2600g 2525n
Date of loss :
1918, Sep 10
Place of loss : 14
mi off Pte Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
iron ore
Detail : She was the tow of the steamer
JOHN F. MORROW when she swamped and sank in a gale. MORROW took her crew off while passenger steamer
CITY OF ALPENA II stood by with her
seachlight illuminating the nightime scene. MORROW ran right up against the
barge’s stern in heavy seas to rescue her crew. Owner: J. J. Boland, Cleveland
Sources :
mod,mv,nsp,slh,sbs,vbs,ns2,lhdc,mpl,eas
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SAPPHO
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115328
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger ferry
Build info :
1883, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte
hull# 63
Specs :
107x32*x11, 224g 154n
Date of loss :
1929, Feb 21
Place of loss :
Ecorse, MI
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned at her winter layup
dock after 46 years of cross-river trips. She was considered obsolescent due to
the impending completion of the Ambassador Bridge, so she was neither repaired
nor replaced.
The boat was built
for distiller Hiram Walker, who commuted every day from his home in Detroit to
his distillery complex at Walkerville, near Windsor, Ont.
*45 ft extreme
width.
Sources :
polk,mv,ns3,atl,sol,is,hdm,eas,jb,nsp
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SARAH
Other names :
built as LAURA EMMA, renamed in 1882
Official no. :
C71136
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info :
1861, Panton, Port Burwell
Specs :
73x19x7, 65gc 65nc
Date of loss :
1906, Nov 28
Place of loss : E
side of Burke Isl., Fishing Islands
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
? [probably light]
Detail :
She was caught in an ice floe on a late-season run and was soon
abandoned by her crew, who struggled for hours to get her yawl across the ice.
As the season progressed, she was crushed by the ice and sank. She had been on
her way back to Howdenvale to lay up. Skippered and owned by Robert Reid,
Howdenvale, Ont
Rebuilt, 1864 and
again in 1871, John Galt, Port Dover, Ont
Sources :
do,mmgl,clu,wmn
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SARATOGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1837, Cleveland
Specs :
150 t.
Date of loss :
1851, Oct 23
Place of loss :
just above Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life :
3 of 7
Carrying :
8,000 bu. corn
Detail :
In heavy weather, the schooner cut through a line of 3 steamers, the
second of which, BUCKEYE STATE, rammed her
on her starboard side aft. The schooner sank with three of her crew,
while the others clung to her spars and rigging and were picked up by the
BUCKEYE. Master: Capt. Spence.
hgl shows a vessel
of this name ashore on L. Erie in 1838 and sunk by a collision in 1847 with 4
lives lost.
Sources :
hgl,wmn,wmhs,bb
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SARATOGA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1846, Sanford & Moses, Cleveland, OH
Specs :
199x29x12, 661 t.
Date of loss :
1854, Jul 29
Place of loss :
near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
?
Detail : She was lying at a dock when a
storm blew in and thumped her seams open. She sank and became a constructive
total loss. An article of the time said her engines and boilers would be easy
to salvage, and her engine eventually went into the steamer SEBASTOPOL. Master:
Capt. Glazier.
One report says
this was the vessel lost near Chicago in 1855, but that was a schooner (see
below).
Sources :
hgl,lhl,le,nsp,wl,wmn
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SARATOGA
Other names :
Official no. :
none
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1844, Oswego
Specs :
150 t. om
Date of loss :
1855, May 2
Place of loss : at
Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
?
Carrying :
lumber
Detail : She went ashore north of the
piers in heavy weather and broke up rapidly.
She was reported to be a fast sailer in her day, but was termed “old” at the time of her loss. Owned and
sailed by Capt. F. Igo of Oswego, but he was not aboard at the time of the
accident..
Foundered 20 mi
from Oswego, Nov 13, 1853. Crew took to her yawl and made it to that city.
Sources :
nsp,hgl,wl,rnc,wmn
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SARDINIA
Other names :
also seen as SARDINIAN
Official no. :
22275
Type at loss :
schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info :
1860, Gordon Campbell, Detroit
Specs :
137x26x12, 384 t. om
Date of loss :
1874, Nov (4)
Place of loss : on
Cathead Point, tip of Leelanau Pen., Mich.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying :
salt
Detail : Stranded in fog and heavy
weather, and broke up in a later storm while salvage was in progress.
(Out of Buffalo),
owned by Capt. Lorenzo Dimick
Damaged in a
stranding near Oswego, NY, in 1864.
Damaged and
declared a loss near Fairport, OH, L. Erie, in June, 1866, with the loss of two
lives.
Sources :
mv,sb,hgl,wl,nsp,bb
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SARDINIA
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22583
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1856, Laidlaw, Penetanguishene, Ont.
Specs :
105x25x9, 150g 142n
Date of loss :
1900, Jul 6
Place of loss : in
Green Bay (Hedgehog Harbor?)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
stranded
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
light
Detail :
Wrecked on Gill's Rock and deemed to be of such low value that she was
not worth salvaging. Out of Milwaukee, owned by Max Pfile. One source states
that she was sold for off-lakes use in 1900 and lost on the Atlantic in 1904.
Ashore in a gale
in June, 1866, with the loss of four lives plus her cargo of lumber, near
Fairport, Ohio.
Sold US before
1869, probably before 1866. This may be the vessel of this name wrecked on Lake
Ontario in 1864 (see SARDINIA above). No Canadian official number found.
Major repairs in
1882
Sources :
mv,clu,polk,mpl,nsp,is(2-83),whs
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J. W. SARGENT
Other names :
seen in earlier registration documents as JOHN W. SARGENT
Official no. :
12773
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1855, Beckwith, Racine, Wis.
Specs : 97x22x8,
98g [147 t. om]
Date of loss :
1872, Nov 30
Place of loss : off
Lake Erie Islands
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm/ice
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
coal
Detail :
She had grounded in September of
the same year and was on her way from Cleveland to Detroit for repairs.
She was in tow of the tug TORRENT with 5 like-laden barges when the whole tow
was frozen in near Middle Sister Island. They were all abandoned for the
winter, and in the spring the SARGENT and several others were nowhere to be
found, apparently having been carried off by drifting ice. In November, 1874,
the hulk was discovered underwater by a former
owner, five miles below Long Point cut, nearly 150 miles from the point
of her abandonment. Owned by Brownlee & Fox, Detroit Master: Capt. William
Simms.
Major repairs in
1866
Sources :
nsp,hgl,mv,wl
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SARNIA
Other names :
none
Official no. : C96853
Type at loss :
propeller steam tug, wood
Build info :
1901, Sarnia
Specs :
67x21x11, 85gc 58nc
Date of loss :
1921, Nov 13
Place of loss :
Port Arthur, Ont.
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
none
Detail : She burned to a total loss.
Owned by Canadian
Towing & Wrecking, Port Arthur.
Inland seas shows Nov 30, 1929 as loss date
Had 2 English-built
engines
Sources :
mmgl,is,lss,win
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SARNIADOC
Other names :
none
Official no. : C149496
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1929, Barclay, Curle & Co., Whiteinch, Scotland
Specs :
253x43x20, 1940 t.
Date of loss :
1929, Nov 30
Place of loss :
Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wheat & barley
Detail : She stranded with heavy damage
in a NW gale. Her crew was rescued with difficulty by the freighter VALLEY
CAMP. The brand-new ship was declared a total loss, but was actually recovered
the following year.
Tapped for service
during WWII and torpedoed in March of 1942, sinking with all hands between
Trindad and St. Thomas, Virgin Isls.
Sources :
ns4,csv,mmgl,h,win
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SARNIAN
Other names :
built as steamer CHILI, last name in 1913
Official no. : C134011
Type at loss :
propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info :
1895, Cleveland US# 127078
Specs :
320x42x22, 2656gc 1710nc
Date of loss :
1943, Dec 10
Place of loss : 1/2
mi S of Pte Isabelle, Bete Grise Bay
Lake : Superior
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
barley
Detail : She was driven ashore by the
giant waves of a NE gale. Her crew was
rescued by the U.S.C.G., but the vessel was a total loss. Raised and removed
to Chicago in 1944, where she was cut up
for scrap.
Bound from Port
Arthur.
Sources :
mv,csv,ns4,mmgl,sol,gwgl,lss,is
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SARNOR
Other names :
built as U.S. steamer BRITANNIC, last name, 1913
Official no. : C133824
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1888, J. Davidson, W. Bay City, MI Hull# 20 US# 3400
Specs :
228x36x21, 1319g 1152n
Date of loss :
1926, Mar 15
Place of loss : at
Kingston, Ont. near LaSalle Causeway
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying :
?
Detail : She caught fire and burned to a
total loss.
Sold Canadian,
1913. Out of Montreal.
Originally
219x36x17, 1121g 904n, rebuilt and enlarged at
Sorel, PQ, in 1901. Also rebuilt at Marine City in 1896.
Sources : vbs,ns3,h,sbs,csv,mmgl,win
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SARONIC
Other names :
built as steamer UNITED EMPIRE, renamed in 1905
Official no. : C80776
Type at loss :
propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info :
1882, Berry & Dyble, Sarnia, Ont.
Specs :
253x3623, 1961gc 1296nc
Date of loss :
1926, Aug 20*
Place of loss :
Cockburn Isl., North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
(none)
Carrying :
?
Detail : Big waves overturned her
coal-fired galley stove, catching her ablaze. She was run ashore to save the
vessel and crew, but still burned to the waterline. The hull was later
recovered and rebuilt to the barge W.L. KENNEDY.
An engraving of
her appeared on the face of the 1907-08 Canadian dollar bill.
Her crew called
her "Betsy."
*year also given
as 1916
Sources :
polk,csv,sol,is,slh,mmgl,win,eas
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SASCO
Other names :
sometimes seen as IOSCO
Official no. :
22355
Type at loss :
schooner, wood
Build info :
1857, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs :
140x26x11, 281 t.
Date of loss :
1879, Nov 17
Place of loss :
near Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none of 6
Carrying :
light
Detail : She went broadside into the
surf in a gale after missing the piers. Her crew at first refused help, but
were later taken off by the Lifesaving Service with breeches’ buoy. Document
surrendered at Port Huron 12/27/1880, annotated
"lost in 1879."
Sources :
phr,hgl,mv,usls,nsp
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SASSACUS
Other names :
none
Official no. :
22916
Type at loss :
scow-schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info :
1867, Lee and Navagh, Oswego, NY
Specs :
95x22x7, 109g 103n
Date of loss :
1893, Oct 8
Place of loss : 2
mi N of the E entrance of Sturgeon Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
storm
Loss of life :
none
Carrying :
wood
Detail : She beached in a storm near
Jacksonport, Wisc., Sep 30. She was pulled off the 8th, but capsized and sank
while being towed in. Total loss. Owned
out of Kewaunee, Wis. By Geo. W. Wing.
Ashore north of
Manistee, Mich, in August of 1890.
In 1879 the
harbormaster at Oswego was looking for ways to have her abandoned hulk removed
from the harbor, but her owner was too poor to do it, and the city didn't want
to go the expense.
Rebuilt, 1883
Sources :
polk,mv,hgl,osdo,h,wb,nsp,wgts
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SATISFACTION
Other names :
none
Official no. :
115115
Type at loss :
propeller tug, wood
Build info :
1871, Geo. Notter, Buffalo
Specs :
58x15x7, 36g 18n
Date of loss :
1899, Jun 25
Place of loss : 12
miles S of Manitowoc
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss :
fire
Loss of life :
none mentioned
Carrying :
none
Detail :
She caught fire offshore while towing the schooner -bargeTRACY J.
BRONSON and burned to a total loss. After fighting the fire, her crew took
shelter on the barge. The pair had been bound Chicago for Buffalo. Owned by
John Madden, Tonawanda, who had recently purchased both of the vessels. Master:
Capt. Daniel Flynn.
Sources :
jb,mv,bb,wmn,wmhs,nsp
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SATTELITE
Other names :
none
Official no.