by import | June 10, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1877 While lying at her dock at Detroit, the wooden side-wheeler R N RICE burned. The damage was estimated at $30,000. After this fire, she was rebuilt as a barge. 1878 The propeller MONTGOMERY burned in the early morning hours on this date. The fire started while she...
by import | June 9, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1882 The LIZZIE A. LAW (wooden schooner, 196 foot, 747 gross tons, built in 1875, at Port Huron, Michigan) collided with the R.B. HAYES (wooden schooner, 147 foot, 668 gross tons, built in 1877, at Gibraltar, Michigan) near the foot of Lake Huron. Although the LAW...
by import | June 8, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1847 CHESAPEAKE (wooden side-wheeler, 172 foot, 412 tons, built in 1838, at Maumee, Ohio) was fully laden and had 97 aboard when she rammed the schooner JOHN F PORTER on a dark night off Conneaut, Ohio. As she started to sink, she was run to shore in an effort to save...
by import | June 7, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1859 COLUMBIA (2-mast wooden brig, 92 foot, 177 gross tons, built in 1842, at Sandusky, Ohio) broke up in a storm near Sherwood Point, Green Bay (Death’s Door). She was famous for bringing the first load of copper ore from the Keweenaw Peninsula to through the...
by import | June 6, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1869 ASA COVELL (wooden propeller tug, 20 gross tons, built in 1852, at Buffalo, New York) was towing the brig IROQUOIS up the Cuyahoga River at Cleveland when her boiler exploded and she sank. Her captain was killed when the pilothouse was blown into the river. 1883...
