by import | September 28, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1849 W.G. BUCKNER (wooden schooner; 75 feet; 107 tons; built in 1837 at Irving, NY) was carrying lumber in a storm on Lake Michigan when she sprang a leak and capsized. The man to whom the cargo belonged was aboard with his wife and five children. One child was washed...
by import | September 27, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1872 On September 27–29, a big storm swept the lower lakes. On Lake Huron, the barges HUNTER and DETROIT were destroyed. The tug SANDUSKY rescued the 21 survivors from them. The schooner CORSAIR foundered off Sturgeon Point on Saginaw Bay at 16:00 on Sunday the 29th,...
by import | September 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1876 At 03:00, the steam barge LADY FRANKLIN burned while moored near Clark’s dock, about three miles from Amherstburg, ON, in the Detroit River. One life was lost. This vessel had been built in 1861 as a passenger steamer and ran between Cleveland, OH, and Port...
by import | September 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1869 COMMENCEMENT (two-masted wooden schooner; 75 feet; 73 tons; built in 1853 at Holland, MI) was carrying wood in her hold and telegraph poles on deck from Pentwater, MI, for Milwaukee, WI, when she sprang a leak 20 miles off Little Sable Point on Lake Michigan. The...
by import | September 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1879 The tug URANIA was towing the schooner S.V.R. WATSON into Sand Beach, MI, at about noon when the schooner struck the tug amidships, cutting a hole in the hull and sinking her in three fathoms of water. No lives were lost. 1901 M.M. DRAKE was towing the schooner...
