ACTIVE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 25 t.
Date of loss : 1855, Oct 10
Place of loss : off Port Washington, Wisc.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : shingles
Detail : Bound Manitowoc for Chicago, she capsized in a squall. Her tiny crew clung to her
upturned hull until rescued in a risky maneuver by the schooner THORNTON on the 11th. She
was last seen floating bottom-up by the prop SCIOTA on the 13th, 15 miles off Milwaukee. No
record of her after this date.
Struck a bar and sunk off Manitowoc in June of the same year.
Owned by Ealinger of Manitowoc. Vessel and cargo worth about $2500. (Probably should be
Esslinger of Manitowoc)
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct, 1880
Capt. Simonson, of the schooner Active, on arrival in Milwaukee Monday
morning reported that while off Muskegon eight or ten miles, he sighted a
dead body floating on the water. The body was picked up, and, much to Capt.
Simonson's surprise, it proved to be the body of Carl Claason, his
brother-in-law, who was lost on the Grenada.
Note: The schooner GRANADA (US#10543), went down off Muskegon October 17,
1880, in the same storm that sank the passenger liner ALPENA. Steward
Claason was one of four crewmen lost in the GRANADA sinking.
ADMIRAL
Other names : built as W.H. MEYER, renamed in 1942
Official no. : 222239
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel
Build info : 1907, Manitowoc Ship Building Co., Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 90 ft 130g
Date of loss : 1942, Dec 2
Place of loss : Off Avon Pt., Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 14
Carrying : none [barge]
Detail : Towing barge CLEVECO (qv), she encountered a heavy gale & began to founder. She
radioed in, but C.G. was unable to locate her in the murk before she went down.
Wreck located by a commercial diver in 1969
Completely rebuilt in 1942.
Had the machinery from an earlier tug W.H. MEYER [US#81537]
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
H.C. ALBRECHT
Other names : renamed THOMAS HUME, in 1883
Official no. : 95135
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1870, J. Hanson, Manitowoc
(Note: I have it built in 1880 from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by L. Falge)
Specs : 132x26x9, 210g 199n
Date of loss : 1891, May 21
Place of loss : along Chicago-Muskegon route
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Chicago for Muskegon, she disappeared with all hands in
heavy weather. Though rewards were offered for information about her loss,
no trace of the vessel or crew was ever found. A vessel thought to be her
was discovered off New Buffalo in 1905.
Owned by Hackley & Hume of Muskegon
Major repair in 1884
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
WILLIAM ALDRICH
Other names : none
Official no. : 26362
Type at loss : schooner, wood, "grand haven rig" 2-mast [built as 3-master]
Build info : 1856, J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 123x26x8 192g 182n
Date of loss : 1916, Jun 9
Place of loss : near Pt. Epoufette, Mi
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Ashore and broke up near town of Davenport, MI (now gone)
Knocked down by a white squall in 1891, with the loss of one
Rebuilt 1872. Enlarged in 1875
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
ALGOMA
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : dredge barge, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1918, Nov 18
Place of loss : Manitowoc, WI, harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in storm
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
______________________________
Detroit Free Press, December 20, 1867
MARINE DISASTERS OF 1867
July - Steamer Algoma, ashore on Lake Superior. Got off after a week's detention.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
July 1873 - The steamer Algoma broke one of her engines in Georgian Bay,
and was brought to Detroit for repairing.
W B ALLEN
Other names : also seen as WALTER B. ALLEN
Official no. : 26561
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1866, H.C. Pierson or Pearson, Ogdensburg, NY
Specs : 137 ft., 296 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Apr 16
Place of loss : Off Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Being towed to Manitowoc for repairs when struck by a gale and foundered after
her tow steamer’s fires were drowned. Her temporary tow company crew was rescued.
Located in May, 1975
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
______________
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Sep - Schooner W. B. Allen, cargo grain, damaged hull and outfit in a gale on Lake Huron,
repaired at Detroit.
AMERICA
Other names : none
Official no. : 105244
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Arch Muir, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 137x26x12, 341g
Date of loss : 1880, Sep 28
Place of loss : 9 mi N of Two Rivers
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Damaged in a towing collision and began to leak.
She was taken in tow by salvagers, but sank before reaching shore.
Local dive target.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
______________________________
Marine casualties of 1871
May - Schooner America, lost her main and mizzenmasts in a gale on Lower Ontario.
AMERICA
Other names : none
Official no. : 213020
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1915, Burger Boat, Manitowoc, Wis as a passenger vessel
Specs : 56x17x7, 40g 39n
Date of loss : 1952, Feb 9
Place of loss : at Port Huron
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : hull failture
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Sprung a leak and sank due to age at her dock. A salvage
effort form the river was unsuccessful, and the vessel was cut up in place and
hauled away by truck in July of 1952.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
ANABEL II
Other names : ?
Official no. : 228126
Type at loss : oil screw fish tug [Diesel]
Build info : 1928, Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc, Wis
Specs : 62x15 (62 t.)
Date of loss : 1956, Jan 12
Place of loss : Sturgeon Bay, WI, Roen SS Co. dock
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire at her winter dock. She had previously sunk at her dock at
Manitique, Mich, and had been acquired by Roen with an eye toward converting her from
a fishing vessel to a towing tug.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
MAJOR ANDERSON
Other names : none Built on the hull of the old schooner MARY
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1861, P. Lamoree, Oswego, NY
Specs : 95 ft 143 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 10
Place of loss : Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore by a gale on the 10th and pounded to pieces
by the 14th - became a total loss. Owned by J. Prindiville of Chicago.
In 1863 she grounded on Middle Island, near Thunder Bay, MI and was declared
a total loss, but later recovered. Also reported ashore on Twin River Point in 1863.
There were a number of other vessels of this name launched at about this time.
Anderson was one of the first Union Civil War heroes.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
______________________________
Marine casualties of 1871
April - Schooner W. F. Allen, collided with bark Major Anderson at Bar Point;
former badly damaged.
Oct - Schooner Major Anderson, cargo railroad iron, ashore at Two Rivers; total loss.
ANDROMEDA
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, Madison Dock, OH
Specs : 112x24x9, 568 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Jul 18
Place of loss : 20 mi from Sheboygan, WI and 15 off shore and 40 NE of Manitowoc
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 800 bbl salt
Detail : Bound Oswego, NY for Chicago. Sprang a leak suddenly and foundered. Crew escaped
in her boat in their underwear, arriving at Manitowoc the next day.
Owned out of Sheboygan by her skipper, Capt. Morgan.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
ANNA MARIA
Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
August 1866 - Schooner Anna Maria, lost her foresail and damaged in outfit on Lake Erie.
Detroit Free Press, December 20, 1867
MARINE DISASTERS OF 1867
Schr Anna Maria, lost jibboom and headgear on Lake Michigan.
Marine casualties of 1871
April - Schooner Anna Maria, jettisoned 50 tons of ore in a storm on Lake Huron.
July - Schooner Anna Maria, sprung aleak off Ashtabula, and jettisoned deckload of ore.
ANN ARBOR #1
Other names : none
Official no. : 106974
Type at loss : propeller carferry, wood, 24 car
Build info : 1892, Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo, OH hull# 55
Specs : 260x53x15 1128g 564n
Date of loss : 1910, Mar 7
Place of loss : 4 mi off Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : rail cars of lumber
Detail : Caught in ice in February, burned while still trapped. She was later
recovered & rebuilt to a sand barge, even though she had been declared a total loss.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
ARROW
Other names : none
Official no. : 548
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, W.E. Judd, Chicago
Specs : 85x21x6 69g 66n
Date of loss : 1883, Apr 30
Place of loss : 3.5 mi from Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Bound Milwaukee for Leland, MI, ran ashore in darkness, in
calm weather. Sunk into the sand over the next few days while a tug
powerful enough to pull her out was being located. Finally stripped
of her gear and rigging and declared a total loss. Out of Milwaukee (or Waukegan)
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
AVIS
Other names : ?
Official no. : 205231?
Type at loss : gas screw packet (tug?)
Build info : 1908 Manitowoc as a yacht
Specs : 12 t
Date of loss : 1939, Jan 1
Place of loss : harbor at S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : "sank"
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
A. BAENSCH
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
The Rands launched a schooner, named for her owner, the A. Baensch, May 25, 1857. She was
197 tons register, and her commander, Captain Albert Fulton.
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1:
A storm in November, 1857, was disastrous to shipping on the lakes. Of the Manitowoc
fleet the COLONEL GLOVER and the CLIPPER CITY went ashore. The A. BAENSCH struck the
old wreck in the Chicago river and was sunk. The TRANSIT, BELLE, WILLIAM TELL, JANE LOUISA,
and GERTRUDE were all safe in port.
S C BALDWIN
Marine casualties of 1871
April - Propeller barge S. C. Baldwin, sprung aleak and jettisoned 75 tons of
pig iron on Lake Michigan. (Not sure if this is the same ship or not)
BURT BARNES
Other names : none
Official no. : C150489
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1882, G.S. Rand or Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI US#3193
Specs : 96x25x7 134g 127n
Date of loss : 1926, Sep 3
Place of loss : 12 mi SE of Picton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Foundered off Lake Ontario's Long Point during a gale. Bound for Picton
from Sodus Pt., NY. Her crew abandoned her in a patched-up lifeboat and landed near
Rochester, NY, 32 hours later.
Sold Canadian in 1904. Registered out of Kingston in 1926.
One of the last working schooners on the lakes.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_________________
A wooden, 3 masted schooner that was carrying coal from Sodus Point, NY. to Picton
on September 3, 1926 and foundered off Long Point in Lake Ontario during a gale. The
crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and came ashore near Rochester, NY. about 32
hours later.
The Burt Barnes was one of the last working schooners on the Great Lakes.
MAJOR BARNUM
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1849, Dexter, NY
Specs : 71x18x6, 66 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1854, Sep 14
Place of loss : near Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught by a storm while loading and driven on the beach,
where she was later described as a total wreck.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
STEVEN S. BATES
Other names : also seen as STEPHEN BATES, S. BATES, and STEVEN BATES
Official no. : 23341
Type at loss : schooner, wood "clipper built"
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son., Manitowoc
Specs : 97x27x7, 139 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Apr 23
Place of loss : 5 mi N of Grosse Point, IL
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : posts and hardware
Detail : Bound Horne’s Pier, WI, for Chicago, she was driven into the shallows
by a storm and broken up by wave action.
Out of Chicago
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_______________________
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
Bates' shipyard April 15th launched another clipper built vessel of 175 tons register.
She is named the Stephen Bates in compliment to the senior member of the firm builders,
who is also an editor of the Nautical Magazine. She is owned by Van Valkenburgh, commanded
by Robert L. Bell.
BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 2242
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast, bulk freight
Build info : 1856, Bates & Son, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 95x25x7 104g 99n
Date of loss : 1908, Dec 12
Place of loss : near Big Sable Point, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Tow of the steamer F.W. FLETCHER she broke her towline in big
waves & foundered. 52 years of age at loss.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_______________
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
The fourth launch of the season was that of the schooner Belle, a vessel of 123 tons,
launched by Bates & Son, builders, Lyman Emerson and Van Valkenburgh & Company.
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1:
A storm in November, 1857, was disastrous to shipping on the lakes. Of the Manitowoc
fleet the COLONEL GLOVER and the CLIPPER CITY went ashore. The A. BAENSCH struck the
old wreck in the Chicago river and was sunk. The TRANSIT, BELLE, WILLIAM TELL, JANE LOUISA,
and GERTRUDE were all safe in port.
BLACK HAWK
1841 - In a November gale, the schooners HENRY NORTON, MEEMEE, and WENONA,
and the sloop BLACK HAWK were driven ashore at Milwaukee.
Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
July 1866 - Schooner Black Hawk, lost both jibs in a squall on Lake Erie.
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
Sep - schooners West Side, BLACK HAWK and Phoenix were all damaged more
or less at Chicago piers.
BLAZING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 2868
Type at loss : schooner, wood, lumber
Build info : 1873, H. Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 137 ft, 265 t.
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 10
Place of loss : Fisherman Shoal, Washington Isl. WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Went on the reef in fine weather, even though the wreck of the steamer
I.N. FOSTER was in full view on the reef. Captain was unable to locate a tug to
pull her off, and she broke up in heavy weather that followed. Abandoned for
good in Jun, 1888.
Ashore with heavy damage on Long Point, Nov, 1883, and given up as lost, but
later recovered.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_____________________________
Oswego Daily Palladium, May 22, 1873
The New Schooner Blazing Star. - The new schooner Blazing Star, built for M.J.
Cummings, Esq., of this city, the past winter, at Manitowoc, Wisc., arrived at
this port yesterday afternoon, laden with 19,000 bushels of wheat, drawing but ten
feet of water, She has made a good run down from Milwaukee, where she loaded, and
has satisfied the Captain that her sailing qualities are fully equal to any canal vessel.
The Blazing Star was built where oak was plenty and of the best kind, and no expense
has been spared to make her an A 1 vessel, which she is. She is of the three mast rig,
but carries less men than any vessel of her size on the lakes, having but four men
before the mast. It is claimed that attaching a boom to the jib, which she has,
dispenses with one man. The lines of the vessel are good, and she looks clean enough,
forward and aft, to glide through the lakes without creating a commotion in the waters.
The cabin is not as large as in vessels built at Oswego, although the captain's room
and galley are both larger. The following are her dimensions: Length 137 feet 4 inches;
beam, 26 feet 2 inches; depth of hold, 10 feet in the shallowest place, with a tonnage
of 279 17/100 tons Custom House measurement.
Captain John Griffin, the commander, who will retire when she reaches Milwaukee to
take charge of another new vessel building at Manitowoc for Mr. Cummings, is well known
on the lakes as a capable man and a skipper that allows no vessel to pass him. The
captain selected for the Blazing Star is the present mate, John Dosmer, who has been
mate in the employ some time. He is a faithful man, a competent seaman, and will make
a good master. Success to the Blazing Star. May her pathway be ever illuminated and may
fair winds and good freights attend her.
____________________
Went ashore and was badly damaged at Long Point in Lake Ontario in November of 1883.
She was later recovered and put back into service.
Also have the specs. as 265t. 137ft. She was carrying lumber and went on a
reef in clear weather in spite of the fact that the wreck of the steamer I.N. FOSTER
visible on the reef. Before the Captain could locate a tug to pull her off, a storm
came in and broke her up. Abandoned for good in June of 1888.
BESSIE BOALT
Other names : none
Official no. : 2584
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, Boalt, Wolf R. [Ahnapee], WI
Specs : 103x27x9, 173 g, 164 n.
Date of loss : 1884, Sep 21
Place of loss : 4 mi NE of Two Rivers, WI, lifesaving station
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : Lumber
Detail : Bound Leland, MI, for Milwaukee, she capsized offshore
and was wrecked in a gale. Her crew made it to shore in her boat.
Some cargo was later recovered, but the vessel went to pieces by Oct 4.
Stranded and declared a total loss 4 mi NE of Two Rivers, WI, in
Sep of 1872, but was later recovered. Some loss of life.
Reported wrecked in a Nov 6, 1877, gale near Frankfort, MI, but recovered again.
Homeport: Milwaukee
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_______________________
Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869
By Capt. J. W Hall, Marine Reporter, Detroit
June - Schooner Bessie Boalt, damaged by collision with a bridge at Chicago.
Oct - Scow Bessie Boalt, damaged by heavy weather on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
Aug - schooner Bessie Boalt, lost her rudder and the Caplis her jibboom on Lake Michigan.
Sep - Bark Lotus, lost bowsprit and some rigging by collision with schooner BESSIE BOALT
at St. Joseph, the latter her mainboom.
ISABELLA J. BOYCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 100446
Type at loss : propeller, wood, sandsucker [built as freighter]
Build info : 1889, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 138x30x11 368g 317n
Date of loss : 1917, Jun 6
Place of loss : Middle Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : sand
Detail : Grounded, then destroyed by fire.
Built as a bulker, converted to sandsucker in 1915.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
KATE L. BRUCE
Other names : none
Official no. : 14277
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 307 t
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 8
Place of loss : off Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 [all]
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Disappeared in heavy weather. Last seen off 40-mile Point, Michigan.
Her lifeboat later washed up near Thunder Bay Light. She had been in tow of
the tug JOHNSON before being let go. Speculation at the time was that she
collided with an unknown vessel and both sank. A bureau containing her papers
washed up in Aug, 78.
She was discovered in Thunder Bay in six fathoms of water in fall, 1879.
Owned out of Chicago.
Also sunk on Lake Erie in Nov, 1872, and on Lake Michigan in 1873.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
____________________
Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - schooner Kate L. Bruce, cargo coal, ashore on Chickaloni Reef, got off.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Jun 1873 - Schooner Kate L. Bruce damaged in outfit by collision in the Welland Canal.
Oct 1873 - Schooner Kate L. Bruce ashore on South Fox Island; got off, damaged in outfit.
EDWARD BUCKLEY
Other names : none
Official no. : C138377
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight [lumber hooker]
Build info : 1891, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI [US# 136252]
Specs : 154x32x11 415g 313n
Date of loss : 1929, Sep 1
Place of loss : SE of Mink Isl. Near Manitoulin Isl, in the North Channel
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Caught fire and burned to the waterline, a total loss.
Sold Canadian, 1923
Wreck located in 1993
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
H.B. BURGER
Other names : built as schooner TRAVELER
Official no. : 95367
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1875, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
Specs : 214 g 181n
Date of loss : 1883, May 21
Place of loss : 2 mi S of Chicago waterfront
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Foundered while inbound to Chicago, drifted ashore and broke up.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
_______________
From the Detroit Tribune, 15 Apr, 1876
At Manitowoc the schooner Traveler was thoroughly rebuilt, and her name changed
to Henry Berger.
ROBERT E. BURKE
Other names : renamed SOUTH SHORE before 1910
Official no. : 111257
Type at loss : propeller, wood, pass. & pkg freight "coaster"
Build info : 1899, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 84x21x6, 73g 49n
Date of loss : 1912, Nov 24
Place of loss : 7 mi W of Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : general frt, pass.
Detail : She split her seams in a heavy gale. She was run
to shore but sank just short and broke up in place. The Lifesaving
Service from Grand Marais saved her 9 crew and 4 passengers.
Compare with entry for ORA ENDRESS.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
BERTIE CALKINS
Other names : none
Official no. : C126127
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1874, Hanson & Scove, Two Rivers, WI US# 2915
Specs : 134x28x9 256g 243n
Date of loss : 1919, Oct 3*
Place of loss : near Belleville, Quinte bay
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered and reported as a total loss, but later
recovered. Ran as a schooner for a few more years, then converted
to a barge. Abandoned around 1930, last registered in 1931.
*Date also given as Oct 9, 1917.
Registered out of Belleville, sold Canadian about 1909.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
MYRTLE CAMP
Other names : none
Official no. : 92416
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1892, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 68x18x6 48g 46n
Date of loss : 1894, May 18
Place of loss : off Deadman's Point, near Menominee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : salt, empty barrels
Detail : Driven ashore 500 feet from deep water in a terrific spring gale,
1.5 mi north of Ingallston, MI. Tugs were unable to reach her and she was
abandoned. However, she was later recovered, finished her days on the east
coast after an abortive attempt to "round the Horn" in 1897, when she was
not allowed to leave a U.S. harbor due to her poor condition and equipment.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
FRANK CANFIELD
Other names : none
Official no. : 120256
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1875, Manistee*
Specs : 63x16x8 48g 25n
Date of loss : 1904, Apr 11
Place of loss : Big Sable Point, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 5
Carrying : none
Detail : Pushed onto a bar after her steering chain parted, where she broke
up and sank. Owned by Barnes & Co. of Ludington, her crew was from Manistee.
Major repair in 1882. By 1884 she was a wrecking tug.
*unofficial sources say she built by Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, Manistee is
official (mv), but probably incorrect..(
(Note from Shari - L. Falge has it listed as being built
at Manitowoc in his "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin".)
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
CHALLENGE
Other names : none also seen as CHALLANGE
Official no. : 4349
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, Bates, Manitowoc
Specs : 88x23x7 87g 83n
Date of loss : 1910, Sep 5
Place of loss : 12 mi S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : wood
Detail : Went ashore in a storm, a total loss.
Probably the same schooner sunk near Milwaukee Harbor in a storm Nov 11, 1873,
one life lost.
Also wrecked and declared a loss when she went on a reef near Bailey's Harbor,
Dec 1901. Towed to Sheboygan in 1903 and abandoned, but resurrected in 1907.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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First enrollment issued at Michilimackinac, MI on April 27, 1852.
Final enrollment surrendered at Chicago, IL, September 30, 1910 and endorsed "abandoned."
Marine casualties of 1871
Dec - Schooner Challenge, missed the pier at Sheboygan and sunk outside.
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Sep - Nine vessels, viz., schooner Ostrich, Eliza Day, CHALLENGE, Sea Gem, Hattie Wells,
A. Rust, L. B. Shepard, A. H. Wright and New Hampshire, lost sails and outfit
in a gale on Lake Michigan.
Sep - Brig Fashion and schooner Challenge, damaged in outfit on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Oct - schooner Challenge, wrecked at Muskegon and total loss $7,000.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Aug 1873 - Schooner Challenge, cargo lumber, sprang a leak on the passage from Green
Bay, caused by a mouse hole.
Nov 1873 - The schooner Mystic lost sails, the Regulator lost timber and the
schooner Challenge a total loss at Milwaukee. (The Challenge may have been
rebuilt as records show it being wrecked in 1901)
CHEQUAMEGON
Other names : built as passenger str CHEQUAMEGON, renamed PERE MARQUETTE 7 in 1910,
last name ROBERT C. PRINGLE in 1911
Official no. : 127764
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1903, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 101x22x10, 143g 114n
Date of loss : 1922, Jul 19 [Jun 19 also given]
Place of loss : off Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : Foundered
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Waterlogged and sank.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 9 Jun, 1901
AROUND CAPE HORN
STR CHEQUAMEGON LEAVES LAKES FOR CALIFORNIA
Ashland, June 8. - The steamer Chequamegon, of Ashland, now running between Milwaukee
and White Fish bay, will leave for Los Angeles the latter part of this month. Besides
the owner, Louis Cartier, a few invited guests will take the trip. Coaling stations
have been picked out on the South American coasts, and the expenses of the trip are
figured at $800.
The Chequamegon was built at Manitowoc in 1893 for service between Ashland and the
Apostle Islands. She is 101 feet long and 22 feet beam. After reaching southern
California the Chequamegon will run to the Catalina Islands. Her long trip around
Cape Horn will be watched with great interest.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Other names : often referred to in the press as just BOARD OF TRADE
Official no. : 4331
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast, package and bulk freight
Build info : 1863, Rand, Manitowoc, WI as a bark
Specs : 153x31x13 424g 403n
Date of loss : 1900, Nov 21
Place of loss : Niagara Reef, W end of lake
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Heavy laden with ore, she struck the reef in a gale and went to pieces.
The crew was rescued by the steamer J.K. SECOR.
Major repairs in 1871.
Sunk off Fairport, Ohio, by foul play in the fall of 1874, not recovered until
mid July, 1875.
Rammed and sunk the schooner GOLDEN FLEECE(qv) in Lake Huron in 1883.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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In 1883 she rammed and sunk the schooner Golden Fleece in Lake Huron.
In 1874 she was sunk off Fairport, Ohio and recovered in July of 1875.
A wooden 3-masted package and bulk freight schooner. She was carrying a load of
iron ore when a storm pushed her into Niagara Reef on Lake Erie where she subsequently
went to pieces on November 21, 1900. The steamer J K Secor rescued the crew and no
lives were lost.
CITIZEN
Other names: ?
Official no.: none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, J. Edwards, Manitowoc
Specs : 54 t
Date of loss : 1853, May 18
Place of loss : 6 mi N of Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven aground and later abandoned. U.S. steamer MICHIGAN tried
in vain to pull her off, breaking a 14-inch hawser in the process. May have
finally been recovered, as she shows up on later lists.
Reportedly the first vessel built at Manitowoc.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
CITY OF MANITOWOC
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Jun 1873 - Schooner City of Manitowoc got ashore at Racine and was lightered off.
F.C. CLARK
Other names : (none)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1849, St. Clair, MI
Specs : 120x25x10, 266 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1856
Place of loss : near Manitowoc, Wi (also given as near Grand Haven, MI)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : "Wrecked" no detail. Stripped the following spring by the steamer TROY.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
CLIPPER CITY
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
(1857)
The opening of navigation March 27th was marked by the arrival of the steamer Huron, Captain
Goodrich proceeding to Two Rivers. Of the home fleet the GESENE and CLIPPER CITY were still
ice bound. The COLONEL GLOVER and TRANSIT, while free of ice, had not been commissioned.
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1:
A storm in November, 1857, was disastrous to shipping on the lakes. Of the Manitowoc
fleet the COLONEL GLOVER and the CLIPPER CITY went ashore. The A. BAENSCH struck the
old wreck in the Chicago river and was sunk. The TRANSIT, BELLE, WILLIAM TELL, JANE LOUISA,
and GERTRUDE were all safe in port.
COMET
Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
May 1866 - Steamer Comet, broke her engine on Lake Michigan.
Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869
By Capt. J. W Hall, Marine Reporter, Detroit
Sept - Steamer Comet, machinery disabled on Lake Michigan.
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Detroit Free Press, December 20, 1867
MARINE DISASTERS OF 1867
March - Prop Comet sunk by ice at Toledo, got up by steamer Magnet.
April - Prop Comet, damaged by ice while coming out of Buffalo bay.
July - Steamer Comet, took fire on Lake Michigan. Damage not serious.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873 (don't know if this is the same ship or not)
Aug 1873 - Propeller Comet sprung her arches during heavy weather on Lake Erie, and
received new ones at Cleveland.
Aug 1873 - The barge Comet broke adrift from the steamer Dunbar on Lake Michigan,
but was subsequently recovered.
Aug 1873 - Barge Comet, cargo of lumber, arrived at Chicago waterlogged.
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Captains:
Capt. Pabst of Milwaukee
CONTINENTAL
Other names : none
Official no. : 126016
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1882, G. Presley, Cleveland
Specs : 245x36x19, 1507g 1188n
Date of loss : 1904, Dec 12
Place of loss : Rowley Pt., near Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : She was disabled by big seas and thrown ashore.
Two of her crewmen tramped through a blizzard for two days
to report her stranding. By the time tugs made it to her on
the 14th, she was broken in two. Owned by Republic SS Co. of Cleveland.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
L.J. CONWAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 15955
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Jones, Manitowoc, WI (Note: I have it built by Larson and Son Manitowoc,
no year from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by L. Falge vol.1)
Specs : 80x22x6, 86g 80n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 17
Place of loss : near Flower Creek, N of White Lake, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : corn & oats
Detail : Bound Chicago for Muskegon, she threatened to go ashore in a gale
and her crew threw out three anchors. She was driven in anyway and wrecked.
Most of her crew apparently survived for some time, but those ashore were
unwilling or unable to help them.
Owned by Henderson & Peterson of Muskegon.
Sunk at Sheboygan, WI Nov 25, 1881, but later recovered.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
EMILY COOPER
Other names : none
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1894, May 18
Place of loss : near Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore by terrific NE gale and pounded to pieces.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
LOTTIE COOPER
Other names : none
Official no. : 149185
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1876, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 131x27x19, 252g 240n
Date of loss : 1894, Apr 9
Place of loss : near the Sheboygan, WI, Lifesaving Station
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 of 6
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Advance, MI, for Sheboygan, she came to anchor just outside
the harbor to ride out the storm. Finally dragged her anchors into the surf,
capsized and sank. Owned by Ole Groh of Sheboygan, WI
Wreck was raised during dredging operations in the 1990's and is now on display.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Article from the Sheboygan Evening Telegram, 9 April 1894
Schooner Capsizes
The Lottie Cooper a Total Loss and E Olson Drowned.
The first life lost on the Great Lakes, for the season of 1894, was that of Edward Olson,
a member of the crew of the schooner Lottie Cooper which was capsized off this port at
5 o'clock this morning. When the sun went down last evening, a heavy wind from the
southeast began blowing, which later in the evening increased to a fierce gale, that
lashed the water of Lake Michigan into an angry sea. The three masted schooner, Lottie
Cooper, left Pine Lake, Mich., between seven and eight o'clock, Saturday evening for
Sheboygan. She came to, about 50 rods south of the government piers, at eleven o'clock
last night and dropped her anchor. Her torches were flashed for a tug but there was no
response to the signals. A night of terror was spent on the vessel by the crew. Every
huge wave that dashed over the boat drenched them to the skin. Morning dawned at last
and their colors were hoisted. The companion way to the forecastle of the vessel was
washed away and the bulwarks followed. She then began to fill with water and the flag
was lowered to half mast, and in a few minutes, the vessel gave a lurch and keeled
completely over. The crew gave a leap and sank from ten to twelve feet below the surface
of the water. When then came to the surface the keel of the boat was skyward and the
greater part of the cargo of lumber was caught in the rigging where the men clung to it.
Edward Olson grabbed several loose boards and floated from the boat and in a short time,
the men saw him lose his hold on the boards and sink from their sight. The lookout at
the life saving station saw the boat careen and the crew responded with the small surf
boat, but before getting to the end of the piers they had to return and take the large
boat and with the assistance of the tug Sheboygan, made the perilous trip to the wreck,
and rescued the live men, clinging to the moving pile of lumber, returning with them,
safely to port, after about half an hours work. The men were taken to the sleeping
apartment at the station where their wet clothing was removed and dry ones furnished.
The bodies of the men were badly bruised, from the shifting of the lumber upon which
they were compelled to cling for nearly a half hour. The Cooper was command by Capt.
Fred Lorenz of this city and William Huhme of Charlevoix, was first mate. The remainder
of the crew was composed of Charles Esbach, August Pegelow and Barney Haynes, all of
this city. Edward Olson, the drowned man, is a Norwegian, and his wife and two children,
a daughter of 16 and a boy of 12 years, still live in Norway. He was about 50 years
of age and had been in this country only three years. The Cooper left this city last
Wednesday on her first trip for Pine Lake , Michigan, where she loaded 230,000 feet
of elm lumber for the Mattoon Mfg. Co. The cargo was valued at about $3,500 and the
vessel at $7,000. The vessel is a total loss without insurance. Part of the lumber will
probably be saved. A greater part of the deck load was washed away during the night.
The Lottie Cooper was built by Trumann & Cooper at Manitowoc, in 1873 and was named
after a daughter of Mr. Cooper. When wrecked she was owned by Capt. Ole Groh, Capt.
Lorenz, W. D. Crocker, G. B. Mattoon and Eugene Pantzer. Much credit is due
Capt. Nequette, the members of the life saving crew, Capt. Ole Groh and Capt. William
Groh and the crew of the tug Sheboygan for their brave and heroic work in the saving
of the lives of the live men. After the crew was picked off, the lumber parted and
had the tug and life boat been five minutes later, all hands would have perished
in sight of their homes. Had Olson clung to the same pile of lumber, that the remainder
of the men did, his life would also have been saved. The Cooper was 242 tons burden and
was in good shape, as her spars, sails and rigging were all new. A large number were
attracted to the beach this morning to watch the wrecked hulk drift toward the beach.
There was some trouble in finding out the correct name of the man drowned. The captain
of the vessel, upon which he sailed says his name is Edward Olson, and that his family
reside at Orindale, Norway. The Cooper is breaking up and washing ashore. Olson's body
has not been found.
Lottie Cooper
CORMORANT
Other names : built as D.D.A. 43, renamed RUSSELL 4 in 1949, last name in 1949
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : propeller tug, steel [oil screw]
Build info : 1941, (Burger Boat), Manitowoc, WI for the U.S.C.G.
Specs : 43x12x5, 18 g 12 n
Date of loss : 1958, Oct 16 or 17
Place of loss : 2.5 mi off Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in a storm. Her two crewmen clung to a floating tractor tire until rescued.
Located in early 80’s then again in 1987.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
CORONA
Other names : none
Official no. : 125091
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, excursion steamer
Build info : 1870, G. S. Rand, Manitowoc, WI
(Note: L. Falge in "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" (1910) has built in 1869)
Specs : 172x45x11, 470gt 374nt
Date of loss : 1898, Nov 18
Place of loss : Tonawanda, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire at her dock and burned to a total loss. She had been in
use as an excursion steamer at the time.
Built for Goodrich Transportation Co., later took thousands of sightseers to
the Columbian Exposition [World’s Fair] in Chicago in 1892-3.
Out of Buffalo.
Her engine came from the 1860 steamer COMET.
Major repairs in 1883.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
OLIVER CULVER
Other names : none
Official no. : 18891
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1855, D. Rogers, Charlotte, NY [Rochester] as a bark
Specs : 140x26x11, 450 t. (305 nt in '69)
Date of loss : 1882, Dec 4
Place of loss : just outside harbor at Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She went ashore and was wrecked at the harbor entrance.
The Lifesaving station had closed for the season, so the lifesaving
crew was quickly rounded up. They were able to save CULVER’s crew.
She had been bound Pensaukee, WI for her homeport, Chicago.
Converted to a schooner from a bark after 1864
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869
By Capt. J. W Hall, Marine Reporter, Detroit
May - Schooner Oliver Culver, cargo water lime; damaged in hull and cargo by ice on Lake Erie.
May - Schooner Oliver Culver, carried away centre-board on Lake Huron.
July - Schooner Oliver Culver, damaged by heavy weather on Lake Erie.
Nov - Schooner Oliver Culver, lost her jibs in a gale on Lake Erie; reached Buffalo.
H. DAHLKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 205145
Type at loss : propeller, steel, self-unloading sandsucker
Build info : 1907, Manitowoc Dry Dock Co., Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 142x34x10, 442g 374n
Date of loss : 1938, Dec 22
Place of loss : Sandwich, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : cargo shift
Loss of life : none
Carrying : clay
Detail : An error in unloading caused her to capsize and sink at the dock.
She was considered a total loss, but was later recovered, sold off the lakes
and converted to a banana boat.
*dimensions as bulker
Converted to a sandsucker from regular bulk freighter in 1911.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
DART
Other names : none
Official no. : 6658
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, H.L. Turner, Green Bay, WI
Specs : 57x16x6, 26g 25n
Date of loss : 1883, Oct 28
Place of loss : near Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : fruit
Detail : Bound Holland, MI, for Manitowoc in gale, she was driven ashore
and broke up, a total loss.
Owned out of Manitowoc
Possibly wrecked near the same spot in Dec, 1882. Not in '69 mv, still in '84
Rebuilt in 1880
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - Prop Araxes forced the schooner DART ashore and collided with schooner Trenton
coming out of Toledo, breaking off her jibboom and cathead.
DAISY DAY
Other names : none
Official no. : 157002
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight "steam barge"
Build info : 1880, Jasper Hanson [Hanson & Scove], Manitowoc
Specs : 100 ft.(ca.), 146g 125n
Date of loss : 1891, Oct 11
Place of loss : near Little Point Sable, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded near Lee’s Pier and a total loss.
Owned by G.A. Wayas of Mears, MI
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
DEFIANCE
Marine casualties of 1871
April - Barges Resolute and Defiance lost 250,000 feet of lumber on Lake Ontario.
Oct - Schooner Defiance, ashore near Genesee River, and schooner Groton at Nine Mile Point.
DE PERE
Other names : renamed STATE OF MICHIGAN in 1893
Official no. : 6849
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1875, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
(L. Falge in "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" has built in 1873)
Specs : 165x29x10, 736g 640n
Date of loss : 1901, Oct 18
Place of loss : several miles off mouth of White River, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : mechanical failure
Loss of life : none of 12
Carrying : light
Detail : Several miles offshore, in good weather, she threw a
piston through her hull and into the lake. Her crew abandoned her
to the tug McGRAFF before she sank. The tug took her in tow, but
she went down soon after.
Rebuilt, 1883
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
J. DUVALL
Other names : none also seen as JOSEPH DUVALL
Official no. : 75721
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1874, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc
Specs : 103x24x8 132g 126n
Date of loss : 1905, Dec 5
Place of loss : near Harsen's Island [off Tashmoo Park]
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Collided with the whaleback JAMES B. COLGATE in a passing error
and sank. Her crew escaped in her yawl. Hull dynamited the next year.
There is a report of her having sunk in Lake Superior in 1904.
Capsized in a squall with the loss of 7 lives off Two Rivers Pt.,
Lake Michigan Jul 16, 1880.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
EL TEMPO
Detroit Free Press, December 20, 1867
MARINE DISASTERS OF 1867
May - Schr El Tempo, damaged $300 by running foul of Chicago pier.
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Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
Sep - schooner El Tempo, sprung her foremast in a gale on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Sep 1873 - Schooners Becke and EL TEMPO were damaged in outfit on Lake Michigan.
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From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
The schooner El Tempo owned by Jones & Company was launched full rigged for sea, April 14,
1857. She registers 215 tons.
C W ENDRESS
Other names : renamed MACK JEAN in 1918
Official no. : C130778
Type at loss : propeller, wood (fish tug?)
Build info : 1898, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI US#127288
Specs : 83x18x8, 146 t.
Date of loss : 1927, Aug
Place of loss : at Kingsville, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned in port a total loss.
Sold Canadian in 1913.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
ESPINDOLA
Other names : none also seen as ESPINOLA
Official no. : 8792
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, P. Lawson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 54 t.
Date of loss : 1882, Apr 10
Place of loss : 1 mi N of Chicago waterfront
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : RR ties
Detail : After fighting a gale all the way across the lake, she
struck bottom off 18th St., Chicago and capsized due to an excess load of
ice. The local tug GEORGE B. McCLELLAN rushed to her rescue and saved to
three men and a boy aboard. Shortly afterwards the schooner drifted out
and down the lake and broke up. She had been bound Grand Haven, MI, for South Chicago.
Owned out of Milwaukee, WI. By Henry Peddendruck and commanded by him.
Far up on the beach at Muskegon late the previous fall.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
HATTIE A. ESTELLE
Other names : built as MARY L. HIGGIE also seen as HATTIE ESTELLE
Official no. : 90461
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1873, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 139x26x11, 310 g 295 n
Date of loss : 1891, Nov 17
Place of loss : on a bar N of Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo with wheat, she was trying to
make the harbor at Manistee for shelter. She was driven on the beach and
wrecked in full sight of many, including Lifesaving Service.
She had an eventful career: An early voyage went Green Bay to Quebec to
England to Quebec to Cape Town to Natal to Cape Town to Toulon to Cadiz to Chicago.
Major repairs, 1880, 82, 89
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
EXPERIMENT
Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869
By Capt. J. W Hall, Marine Reporter, Detroit
April - Schooner Experiment, ashore at Sheboygan, Lake Michigan; got off.
Marine casualties of 1871
Nov - Schooner Experiment, cargo lumber, ashore at Presque Isle, Lake Ontario; got off.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Oct 1873 - Schooners Experiment and Ketchum collide at Chicago, the former sunk and
total loss; valuation $600. Ketchum's damage $400.
FALMOUTH
Other names : built as TURNER & KELLER, renamed in 1876
Official no. : 24984
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc
Specs : 234 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 21
Place of loss : harbor mouth at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wheat
Detail : While attempting to enter the harbor in a storm, she was driven
into the breakwater and sank. Bound Toledo, OH, for Oswego.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
FLEETWING
Other names : sometimes seen as FLEET WING
Official no. : 9883
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight, 3-mast
Build info : 1867, H.B. Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 136 ft., 320g 304n
Date of loss : 1888, Oct 1
Place of loss : Death's Door, at the mouth of Green bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barrel staves
Detail : Went ashore in the narrow channel and went to pieces. Salvagers put
two pumps aboard to save her the next day, but she broke up soon after. Then the
pumps themselves became a difficult salvage job.
1885 also given as the year, in error.
Owned by McGraw & Spry of Chicago, McGraw was her skipper.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Article from the August 16, 1867 Manitowoc Pilot on the launching of the Fleetwing
Marine - On Saturday afternoon last, the new schooner built for Messrs. Goodenow
& Johnston, on Ship-yard Point, was launched into the water, displaying the
name Fleetwing on her jackstaff. She left the ways beautifully amidst the plaudits
of a large crowd of spectators who had come to witness the launch. Her dimensions
are as follows: Length of keel, 133 feet, length overall, 145 feet; beam 28 feet;
depth of hold, 12 feet. She will be schooner rigged; has a carrying capacity for
about 225m feet of lumber, or about 18,000 bushels of wheat. She has ports on each
side for the shipping in and out of lumber, but she is designed to run principally
in the grain trade from Chicago to Buffalo. Her sticks and spars are now being
put up, and it is designed to have her in readiness for business by about the 1st
of next month. She will be commanded by Capt. Simpson, a sailor of long experience
on the Lakes.
She sets very handsome in the water, has a clear run, and reflects great credit
upon her constructor, Mr. Henry Burger, and the force of men in his employ. Success
to the Fleetwing.
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Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Sept 1873 - Scow Storm was damaged in her outfit $200 by collision with the
schooner Fleetwing at Sandusky Bay.
Oct 1873 - Schooner Fleetwing lost her foresail on Lake Michigan.
FLORETTA
Other names : none
Official no. : 9688
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1868, John Stupinsky, Detroit
Specs : 134x26x11, 296g
Date of loss : 1885, Sep 18
Place of loss : 15 mi off Manitowoc WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She was bound Escanaba for Chicago when she foundered in a gale.
Her crew escaped in her yawl.
The wreck was located in the early 1970’s.
Collided with the schooner LOUISA McDONALD and sank in 1880 off Door County, WI.
Repaired in 1881.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep 1858
GONE DOWN WITH HER LOAD
Milwaukee, September 18. - The schooner Floretta, of Chicago, loaded with iron ore,
sprang a leak off Manitowoc early this morning and was abandoned by the crew. The
vessel sank shortly afterward. Capt. Marshall and crew left for Chicago this evening.
The Floretta was a boat of 320 tons, built at Detroit by Stupinsky in 1867; was owned
by Taylor, of Chicago; valued for insurance purposes at $8,000, and was rated A2.
Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep 1858
THE FLORETTA SANK
Milwaukee, September 19. - [Special.] - A Manitowoc dispatch says that the crew of
the schooner Floretta reached there this evening and report that the Floretta foundered
eighteen miles off that port. She sprung a leak in the heavy sea last night and the
water gained so fast on the pumps that the crew took to the yawl. When half a mile from
the vessel, they heard a loud crash. Pieces of her cabin flew in the air and she sunk.
The crew of seven reached Manitowoc in the yawl. The vessel was ore laden from Escanaba
to Chicago. She was valued at $8,000.
Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - schooner Floretta, run into by prop Ironsides at Milwaukee, and sunk, no cargo, got up.
GALLINIPPER
Other names : built on hull of NANCY DOUSMAN(qv)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1846, H. Gibson, Milwaukee
Specs : 95x22x7, 145 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1851, Jul 7
Place of loss : near Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She capsized and foundered in a white squall, then drifted to
a point about 10 mi SSE of Manitowoc, where she sank.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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1851 The schooner GALLINIPPER was sunk, at the mouth of the harbor (Milwaukee), on May 13.
1851 July 7, schooner GALLINIPPER capsized ten miles out on the lake, and proved a total loss.
From History of Milwaukee County 1881
GERTRUDE
Other names : none
Official no. : 10202
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1856, J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 81 ft 70 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 23
Place of loss : Off Otter Creek, near Sleeping Bear
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : firewood
Detail : Sheltering at anchor when her chains parted and she
was thrown ashore and wrecked. One crewman drowned while attempting
to swim to the beach.
Date also given as Sep 26, but Oct date is from contemporary newspaper.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Aug 1873 - Schooner Gertrude parted her chains and went ashore between Pentwater
and Little Point Sauble; rescued.
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From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1:
A storm in November, 1857, was disastrous to shipping on the lakes. Of the Manitowoc
fleet the COLONEL GLOVER and the CLIPPER CITY went ashore. The A. BAENSCH struck the
old wreck in the Chicago river and was sunk. The TRANSIT, BELLE, WILLIAM TELL, JANE LOUISA,
and GERTRUDE were all safe in port.
GESINE
Other names : none also seen as GESSINE
Official no. : 10333
Type at loss : schooner, wood,
Build info : 1853, Rand, Manitowoc
Specs : 99gt 94nt
Date of loss : 1887, Aug 23
Place of loss : Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Shoved up against the breakwater by storm waves and pounded to pieces.
Crew jumped overboard and clung to the breakwater pilings until rescued. Bound
Ludington for Chicago.
Her skipper, Capt. C. Anderson of Chicago, was also her owner.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
March 1866 - Schooner Gesine, broke from her moorings at Racine and damaged $2,000.
May 1866 - Schooner Gesine, lost both jibs and damaged its headgear on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
Sep - schooner Gesine, lost foreboom and the J. P. Ward deck load and all her sails
on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
May 1873 - Schooner Gesine run into the schooner Portland at Milwaukee, doing damage
to the latter $600.
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From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
The steamer Huron came alongside Johnson & Hodges pier on Saturday. She had a handsome freight
for Manitowoc and Two Rivers and a full return cargo. She is commanded by Captain Morgan. On
the same day the schooner GESINE arrived from Sheboygan and loaded with shingles for her
owner August Baensch. The schooner Bell, Captain Humphrey, owned by Van Valkenburgh & Company,
arrived Monday. Navigation is fully opened. This important event may be recorded as having
occurred March 21, 1857.
(1857)
The opening of navigation March 27th was marked by the arrival of the steamer Huron, Captain
Goodrich proceeding to Two Rivers. Of the home fleet the GESENE and CLIPPER CITY were still
ice bound. The COLONEL GLOVER and TRANSIT, while free of ice, had not been commissioned.
GLAD TIDINGS
Other names : none
Official no. : 85788
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1883, Jas. Butler, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 79x20x6 82g 78n
Date of loss : 1894, Jul 29
Place of loss : Near Fighting Island
Lake : Detroit R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 4
Carrying : stone
Detail : This schooner collided with the steamer PATHFINDER and sank quickly.
Her rigging was later sold en masse for use on a new schooner being built at Gibraltar.
She was built for Capt. Henry Bunday, the 3rd of his "Gospel Ships."
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Post and Tribune, Thur., July 19, 1883
The Sheboygan Times of Saturday says: "The schooner Glad Tidings came in to port
from Manitowoc. This is Capt. Bundy, the sailor preacher's new schooner, and the
third and largest built for him within a few years. She is just from the hands of
the carpenters in Manitowoc, and is getting her finishing touches with the paint
brush here. Measurement 45 tons, and cost $4,700. Carries a crew of four men with
captain and family. Is loaded now with any quantity of Bibles and other religious
literature in four languages. Will sail for the east shore, land after a short
cruise there, for Georgian bay, where she will cruise for two months. She will then
visit Detroit and Cleveland and lay up in Buffalo. The vessel is a beauty."
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Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
Aug - Schr Glad Tidings, broke her engine (sic) on Lake Ontario.
COLONEL GLOVER
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
(1857)
The opening of navigation March 27th was marked by the arrival of the steamer Huron, Captain
Goodrich proceeding to Two Rivers. Of the home fleet the GESENE and CLIPPER CITY were still
ice bound. The COLONEL GLOVER and TRANSIT, while free of ice, had not been commissioned.
From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1:
A storm in November, 1857, was disastrous to shipping on the lakes. Of the Manitowoc
fleet the COLONEL GLOVER and the CLIPPER CITY went ashore. The A. BAENSCH struck the
old wreck in the Chicago river and was sunk. The TRANSIT, BELLE, WILLIAM TELL, JANE LOUISA,
and GERTRUDE were all safe in port.
GRANGER
Other names : none
Official no. : 85376
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, Hanson & Scove, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 155x29x10 366g 348n
Date of loss : 1896, Aug 24
Place of loss : Seul Choix Point., Michigan's U.P.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar lumber
Detail : She went aground and wrecked on the point in a sou'wester,
a total loss. Bound for Chicago.
Owned & sailed by Capt. W. Powers, Chicago.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
GUIDO
Marine casualties of 1871
Dec - Schooner Guido, lost most of her sails and reached Grand Haven.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Jul 1873 - Schooner Guido collided with the bark Parana in the Straits and lost
her jibboom; the latter uninjured.
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From "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by Dr. L. Falge 1911 vol. 1
The Sorenson yard in May, 1856, launched the schooner GUIDO, built for Pfister & Company,
commanded by Captain Johnson.
E. GUNNELL
Other names : later PETER KOENIG, AMHERST, TRANSBAY
Official no. : 210114
Type at loss : propeller, steel, sandsucker
Build info : 1912, Manitowoc
Specs : 165x32x10, 638g 468n
Date of loss : 1912, Dec
Place of loss : near Michigan City Ind
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and wrecked. Declared total loss, but later recovered.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
JAMES H. HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 76553
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1885, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 92x22x7 100g 95n
Date of loss : 1916, Nov 7
Place of loss : near the mouth of Thunder Bay R., S of Alpena
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned to a total loss and was abandoned. One source says she
struck a stone pier prior to burning.
She was equipped with an auxiliary gas engine, which is suspected of
contributing to her loss.
Owned by D. Seavey of Escanaba.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
JOHN E. HALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 76790
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 139x29x11 343g 279n
Date of loss : 1902, Dec 14
Place of loss : N of Main Duck Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9 [all]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Towing barge JOHN R NOYES(qv), she was caught in a NE blizzard-gale.
After days of struggle, she lost her barge, then ran for shelter. She swamped
and foundered before she made it. NOYES was also lost. Bound Charlotte, NY,
for Deseronto, Ont.
Owned by T.D. Donovan, Oswego, NY
Rebuilt, 1899.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Oswego Daily Palladium, Dec. 16, 1902
NOTHING FROM STEAMER HALL
Crew of Noyes Rescued, Barge Adrift in Lake
Captain George Donovan Tells of the Parting With Hall Saturday Morning - Believes
Steamer is Disabled in Ice on North Shore - Andrews at Hamilton.
Captain George Donovan, of the ill-fated barge John R. Noyes, reached Charlotte last
night at 8:40 o'clock accompanied by all other members of the crew. They were taken
from the barge twenty miles in the lake by Captain Gray and the men of the Charlotte
live saving station.
Almost the very first question asked by Captain Donovan was if any word had been heard
from the barge John E. Hall, aboard of which was his father, brother and two uncles.
When told that no word had been received he gave the information that the machinery of
the Hall became disabled about eight o'clock Saturday morning and that the two boats
drifted along together. Fearful of a collision the towline was cut and the Noyes drifted
away and soon lost sight of the steamer.
*************
Believes in the Hall.
W.D. Allen of the South Shore Wrecking Company, has not given up hope of the Hall.
"As long as she could work her pumps and siphons she would keep afloat," he said. The
Hall's crew was as follows: Captain, Timothy Donovan; First Mate, Jeremiah Donovan;
First Engineer, James Donovan; Wheelmen, Daniel Bigelow, Thomas Corcoran; Firemen, John
Dixon and Thomas Tyler; Steward, Mrs. Brown.
Wheelman Bigelow is an old sailorman. He was with Captain Pease in the early seventies
when the schooner Augustus Ford went ashore at Grand River, Lake Erie. Bigelow and a
sailor named Mack were the only ones saved. Captain Pease was frozen to death on the
cabin and the two sailors saved themselves by climbing into the topsails and furling
themselves up.
**********
Boats Uninsured.
The schooner John R. Noyes was owned by T. and D. Donovan of this city, and was built at
Algonac in 1872, and two years ago was rebuilt at a cost of $4,000 by Goble, of this city.
She was rated A1 1/2 and valued at $7,000.
The steamer John E. Hall was owned by T. and D. Donovan, of this city, and was built at
Manitowoc in 1889, and her bottom was caulked in 1899. She was rated A 1/12 and valued at
$18,000. Her cargo was valued at about $2,000. Neither boat was insured.
Captain Donovan, master of the Hall, was a thorough sailorman. All his life he had been
a harder worker, and the savings of a lifetime were invested in his boats. In the loss of
the Noyes alone he has sustained a severe financial calamity.
EUGENE C. HART
Other names : renamed NORLAND in 1922
Official no. : 136131
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1890, Burger & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 152x25x18, 522g 470n
Date of loss : 1922, Nov 13
Place of loss : 2 mi off Milwaukee [8 mi off St. Francis, WI]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She sprang a serious leak in a storm and raced for shore,
but she sank before she made it.
126 ft long when built, 26 ft. added before 1895.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
MARY L HIGGIE
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Sep - schooner Mary L. Higgie, carried away her centre-board and ran into Manitowoc.
FRANCIS HINTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 120754
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Hansen & Scove, Manitowoc
Specs : 152x31x11 417g 331n
Date of loss : 1909, Nov 16
Place of loss : off Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 11
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Stranded and broke up close to Two Rivers.
Wreck located in 1985
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
HOME
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1843, Redfield, Lower Sandusky, OH
Specs : 85x24x7, 128 t. om
Date of loss : 1858, Oct 23
Place of loss : off Manitowoc
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : slabwood
Detail : Bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee, she was rammed at night by the
schooner WILLIAM FISKE(qv) and sank. Remains are well-known.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Scow Schooner that sank off Haven after collision with the schooner Wm. Fisk,
cargo slab wood, 23 Oct 1858
HORNET
Other names : none
Official no. : 11284
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast "coaster"
Build info : 1861, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 60 ft., 40 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov
Place of loss : Good Harbor Bay, near Petoskey, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : light
Detail : Driven ashore and broken up by storm. The tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS stripped
her in mid-Nov after several failed attempts to pull her off the beach.
Homeport:Cheboygan, MI
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
July 1866 - Schooner Hornet, dismasted at Chicago by collision with bark Golden West.
Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869
By Capt. J. W Hall, Marine Reporter, Detroit
April - Schooner Hornet, lost jib-boom by collision on Lake Michigan.
THOMAS H HOWLAND
Other names : none
Official no. : 24978
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1872, Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 139x26x11 299g 284n
Date of loss : 1870's
Place of loss : St. James Bay, Beaver Island
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1 [or more
Carrying : ?
Detail : Entering the bay in a storm, she began to sink. The local
lightkeeper set out in a small boat to rescue the crew, but was drowned
himself in the attempt. Fate of crew not reported. The vessel was later
recovered and was still operating in 1900.
Major repairs, 1881 & 83
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - schooner Thos. H. Howland, cargo coal, sprung a leak and sunk in Beaver Harbor,
raised and towed to Milwaukee.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Nov 1873 - Schooners J. H. Howland and China collide in the Welland Canal; former
lost jibboom and bowsprit, the latter main rigging.
HUMKO
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : oil screw
Build info : 1944
Specs : 128 t.
Date of loss : 1956, Jul 22
Place of loss : 6 mi off Two Rivers Point, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire, destroyed and sank.
Date also given as 1856 in error.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
INDUSTRY
Other names : none
Official no. : (12083)
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1847, Michigan City, IN)
Specs : (63x15x3), 30 t.
Date of loss : 1882, Jun 2
Place of loss : half to 2/3 mi off South Haven, MI, piers
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : light (or lumber)
Detail : In transit St. Joseph for Muskegon, she capsized and sank in a gale.
Her crew clung to the wreck for a short time, but efforts from shore were unable
to affect a rescue. The wreck drifted to the beach about five miles south of town
and went to pieces.
May be US# 100023 b. Manitowoc in 1870.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Marine casualties of 1871
March - Schooner Industry, ashore near New Buffalo; got off.
July - Scow Industry, jettisoned deck-load of walnut in a gale on Lake Erie.
Sept - Scow Industry, waterlogged and lost deck-load of lumber in Lake Huron.
Dec - Schooner Industry, ashore near St. Joseph, probable total loss.
Detroit Free Press, Sat., 14 Dec, 1872
Aug - Schooner Industry, cargo lumber, waterlogged on Lake Erie, damage $300.
IOWA
Other names : built on hull of old steamer MENOMINEE [US#90720]
built 1872, by Rand, Manitowoc
Official no. : 100613
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1896, G.S Rand, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 202x36x22 1157g 846n
Date of loss : 1915, Feb 4
Place of loss : Chicago harbor off Chicago light
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : machinery
Detail : Trying to take advantage of a midwinter thaw to haul a valuable cargo,
she was caught in the ice in a refreeze and crushed. Her single passenger and
her crew were able to walk ashore.
She had a reputation as a jinx because of her many mishaps.
As MENOMINEE she was originally built for the Goodrich Line. When she was sent
to be dismantled in 1896, her hull was found to be so sound that IOWA was built
on it by the same company.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
J. M. JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1855, J. M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 92x24x8, 157 t. om
Date of loss : 1861, Sep 2
Place of loss : off Manitowoc, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wood
Detail : Bound for Chicago, she collided with the upbound grain
schooner CONDOR (qv) and foundered quickly, being cut almost in two.
Her crew were able to come aboard CONDOR, which wallowed about for
a full day before being picked up by the propeller F.W. BACKUS.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
WILLIAM JONES
Other names : none
Official no. : 26218
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Rynerson, Manitowoc [also given as Herbrand & Rand]
Specs : 108x26 ft., 154g 146n
Date of loss : 1890, Nov 22
Place of loss : 1/4 mi SW of harbor entrance at Manistee, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber [150,000 ft]
Detail : Driven on a bar and sank, later broke up. The crew was taken
off by the Lifesaving Service. Bound Charlevoix for Milwaukee.
Owned by White & Co. of Milwaukee
Rebuilt, 1866-7 at Grand Haven, after capsizing on Lake Michigan
in November; another major repair in 1861
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Marine casualties of 1871
Aug - Bark William Jones, cargo ore, sprung a bad leak on Lake Michigan.
Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec., 1872
Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872
April - Schooner William Jones, waterlogged and ashore at Evanston, Lake Michigan, got off.
JOHN V. JONES
Other names : none also seen as J.V. JONES
Official no. : 75766
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1876, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc (Note: I have built in 1875 from "History of
Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by L. Falge. Shari)
Specs : 125x27x9 201g 191n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : midlake, opposite Ludington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : Hardwood
Detail : Bound Traverse City for Milwaukee, she was overwhelmed in midlake,
later drifted ashore near Harrington Beach WI. Four crew were rescued by
the carferry PERE MARQUETTE 18. The vessel was later recovered by U.S.C.G.
TUSCARORA, and the hull ended it’s days as a lighter.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
C L JOHNSTON
Marine casualties of 1871
Sept - Schooner C. L. Johnston, damaged by running foul of a crib at Manitowoc.
Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - schooner C. L. Johnston, lost big anchor and chain near Sheboygan.
WILLIE KELLER
Other names : none
Official no. : 80315
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1871, Hanson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 134 ft., 236g 224n
Date of loss : 1888, Jun 15
Place of loss : SW of Big Sable Point, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Bound for Midland, Ont., she sank following a collision with
the propeller ROBERT MILLS. MILLS was determined to be at fault, but
KELLER's crew had a hard time collecting for their $700 in lost effects
in the face of MILLS wealthy owners.
Broke her back in a stranding on the Detroit R. in Sep, 1877.
Major repair in 1880
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
W.C. KIMBALL
Other names : none
Official no. : 81178
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1888, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 63x17x5, 33g 31n
Date of loss : 1891, May 8
Place of loss : near Pt. Betsie, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 4 [all]
Carrying : shingles, salt
Detail : Outbound from Manistee for Traverse City, she foundered in a thick NW gale.
May 12 also given as date of loss.
Home port: Grand Haven
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
JULIA LARSON
Other names : also seen as JULIA LARSEN
Official no. : C116363
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, P. Larson, Manitowoc, WI [US#75719]
Specs : 70x19x6, 60g 57n
Date of loss : 1912
Place of loss : SE corner of Thunder Bay Isl., MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Downbound in a gale, her steering gear became disabled
and she reportedly stranded and broke up, a total loss. Crew of 2 men,
a woman cook and a boy were taken off by Lifesaving Service crew. She
was later recovered and lasted to the 1930's.
Sold Canadian in 1904.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
LINDA E
Other names : built as LE CLAIR BROS.
Official no. : 236906
Type at loss : propeller fishing tug, gas
Build info : 1937, Burger Boat, Manitowoc
Specs : 40x13x6, 29g 20n
Date of loss : 1998, Dec 11
Place of loss : off Ozaukee Co., WI, SE of Port Washington
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : unknown (probable collision)
Loss of life : 3
Carrying : 1,000 lbs chub
Detail : This tug went missing in good weather on a trip between Milwaukee
and Port Washington, WI after setting 14 fishing nets. A massive search by
hundreds of professional and volunteer searchers and the Coast Guard had
turned up no trace of her until she was located by two U. S. Navy minesweepers
which diverted from a Great Lakes training and recruiting tour to search
for her. She was found in 260 feet of water SSE of Port Washington, on
June 18, 2000. Earlier speculation that she was run down by some passing ship
was supported by the fact that the wreck of the tug showed extensive collision
damage.
Built with a Diesel engine.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
LOOKOUT
Other names : none
Official no. : 14675
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1855, G. Hardison, Buffalo
Specs : 127x28x10, 226g 215n
Date of loss : 1897, Apr 29
Place of loss : 3 mi north of harbor at Two Rivers, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : light
Detail : Drove ashore and wrecked in spring storm
One source gives December as the month.
Rebuilt 1876, major repair, 1871, 1882
She was considered by many to be a particularly beautiful schooner.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI
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Detroit Free Press, December 19, 1866
Casualties on the Lakes the Past Season.
April 1866 - Schooner Lookout, ashore at Bar Point; got off with slight damage.
Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec., 1872
Nov - Schooner Lookout, struck the pier and sunk in the Grand River.
Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec, 1873
Marine Casualties of 1873
Nov 1873 - Schooner Lookout lost stanchions and rail for some distance and
the Addie her fore and main rigging.
LYDIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 140056
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1874, Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI
(Note: "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" by L. Falge has built 1873)
Specs : 80x20x7, 84g 80n
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 20
Place of loss : S of Muskegon, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : ?
Detail : Overwhelmed while riding out a storm, she dragged her anchors
and was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss. Her crew was rescued
by Lifesaving Service using a breeches’ buoy.
This was one of several major gales in 1905.
Sources: David D. Swayze, Lake Isabella, MI