by import | October 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1868 F. T. BARNEY (wooden schooner, 255 tons, built in 1856, at Vermilion, Ohio) collided with the schooner TRACY J BRONSON and sank below Nine Mile Point, Northwest of Rogers City in Lake Michigan. The wreck was found in 1987, and sits in deep water, upright in...
by import | October 22, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1870 JENNIE BRISCOE (wooden schooner, 85 foot, 82 tons, built in 1870, at Detroit, Michigan) was raised from where she sank off Grosse Ile, Michigan, a couple of months earlier. She was in her first season of service when she collided with the propeller FREE STATE and...
by import | October 21, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1886 W.L. BROWN (wooden propeller freighter; 140 feet; 336 gross tons; built in 1872 at Oshkosh, WI, as NEPTUNE) was carrying iron ore from Escanaba, MI, for De Pere, WI. A storm struck while she was on Green Bay. She sprang a leak 1 mile from Peshtigo Reef and went...
by import | October 20, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
Unknown The tug RESCUE was sent from Port Huron, MI, to Tawas, MI, to release the 246-foot barge OCEAN that was grounded. After pulling the barge free, Captain Fitch of RESCUE began towing her down Lake Huron, but the storm got so bad that he was about to turn back...
by import | October 19, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1868 PARAGON (wooden schooner; 212 tons; built in 1852 at Oshawa, ON, as a brig) was being towed up the St. Clair River by the tug WILLIAM A. MOORE with a load of lumber in the company of four other barges. During a gale, the tow was broken up. While the tug MOORE was...
