by import | October 18, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1844 At 20:00, the steamer ROCHESTER left Rochester, NY, for Toronto, ON. She encountered a severe gale about halfway there. Captain H.N. Throop had the vessel put about to return to Rochester. The gale was so severe that all thought they were lost. When they finally...
by import | October 17, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1843 The wooden schooner ALABAMA collided with a pier during a storm at the mouth of the Grand River at Fairport, OH, and was a total loss. 1871 CASCADEN (two-masted wooden schooner; 138 tons; built in 1866 at Saugeen, ON) was carrying much-needed supplies for the...
by import | October 16, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1853 PHILO SCOVILLE (two-masted wooden brig built in 1853 at Sheboygan, WI) was carrying flour, wheat, pigs, and barreled fish when she encountered a gale in the eastern Straits of Mackinac. She was dismasted and drifted ashore, where she was pounded to pieces. Her...
by import | October 15, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1871 R.P. MASON (three-masted wooden schooner; 115 feet; 155 gross tons; built in 1867 at Grand Haven, MI) was bound from Chicago, IL, for Detroit, MI, when she struck a rocky reef near Waugoshance Point in the Straits of Mackinac. Water gushed in an 8-foot hole. The...
by import | October 14, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1871 The LEVANT (two-masted wooden schooner; 91 feet; 115 tons; built in 1854 at Chicago, IL) was loaded with lumber when she was overtaken by a severe gale and went over on her beam ends off Sheboygan, WI, on Lake Michigan. The six-man crew lashed themselves to the...
