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E.C.L.
Other names : built as the brig WABASH, renamed in 1855
Official no. : 7294
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1845, Doolittle & Miller, Sackett’s Harbor, NY
Specs : 249 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 24
Place of loss : Sister Bay, near Death’s Door, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore while anchored and wrecked, she was a total loss. She was stripped on the 27th.00
Rebuilt in 1855 at Chicago as a bark and given this name after wrecking near that port in 1851
Sources : nsp,rsl,wl,wgts,hr
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1837, Black Rock, NY
Specs : 68x18x6, 66 t.
Date of loss : 1838, Nov 5
Place of loss : Elk Creek, ca. 5 miles east of Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : This early schooner was driven ashore and pounded to pieces in a localized gale that was considered the most destructive on Lake Erie up to that point in time.
Owned by her skipper, Capt. Wm. C. Davison and his brother John, both of Buffalo.
Sources : hgl,nsp,wl,wmn
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1839 Newport or 1842 Swan Creek, there were several other small EAGLES
Specs : 29 t. or 37 t.
Date of loss : 1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : 20 mi NE of Sheboygan, WI [N of Amsterdam]
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : lumber or chestnuts
Detail : Found disabled and probably capsized by the propeller PRINCETON. One crewman’s body was the only trace of the crew. Her captain’s name was Jacob Lawson(d).. Vessel may have been recovered .
Sources : nsp,hgl,wmn,bb,hr
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1845, Sandusky
Specs : 180 t.
Date of loss : 1852, Nov 5
Place of loss : mouth of Grand River, Canada side
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew spent six hours in the rigging and suffered much from the cold before being rescued. She had been bound for Oswego and was a total loss of $13,000. Out of Sandusky, Capt. A. Finefield, master.
Sources : nsp,wmn,wl
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 392
Type at loss : scow, wood
Build info : 1863, G. A. Johnson, Dover, Oh
Specs : 142 gt
Date of loss : 1871, late Oct. or early Nov.
Place of loss : west of the piers at Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Ashore, probably in a storm. Much work was done on salvaging her. Listed in 1872 Merchant Vessels as “lost.”
Owned by Fisher Bros, Cleveland. Still noted in 1874 Merchant Vessels as “lost.”
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,wl
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 200030
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood, steamer
Build info : 1903, Erie, PA
Specs : 47x14x5, 16g 11n
Date of loss : 1918, Mar 14
Place of loss : at Conneaut, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none [no one aboard]
Carrying : none
Detail : Crushed by ice while lying in the harbor for the winter.
Sources : mv,hr,wmn,wl
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EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 241859
Type at loss : gas screw fish tug
Build info : 1941, Pentwater, Mich
Specs : 33x10x4, 13g 9 n
Date of loss : 1947, Apr 5
Place of loss : in harbor at South Haven, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Out of Muskegon; owned by Edw. Tahaney
Sources : h,mv,hr
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EAGLE WING – former entry deleted. The vessel was not seriously damaged.
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JAMES E. EAGLE
Other names : none
Official no. : 13668
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1859, Chas. Hindman, Algonac, MI as a passenger steamer
Specs : 120x21x8, 137 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Aug 8
Place of loss : Saginaw Bay near Bay City
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She burned to a total loss at 4 am while towing a log raft. Her crew escaped in her yawl while the tug, still under weigh, steamed on until she sank. She was a total loss of about $10,000. Owned by R. Burlington of Port Huron. Master: Capt. Robert McNeff.
Sources : nsp,slh,lhl,hgl,mpl,mdwl
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HATTIE EARL
Other names : none
Official no. : 11175
Type at loss : schooner or scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, Snell, South Haven
Specs : 96x23x7 101g 96n
Date of loss : 1893, Sep 16
Place of loss : just outside Michigan City, IN (also given as near Kenosha)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and pounded to pieces while bound Caseville, Michigan, for Chicago.
Sunk in a collision with the schooner CITY OF GREEN BAY Oct 24, 1881 at Chicago.
Driven ashore near Kenosha and wrecked in storm Apr 5, 1889. Reported broken up, but salvaged that summer.
Sources : h,mv,hgl,wb,mpl,wmn
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EAST SAGINAW
Other names : none
Official no. : 8106
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1866, McDole, Marine City
Specs : 136x26x10 235 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Sep 24
Place of loss : near Sand Beach, Mich.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barges in tow
Detail : She was trying to make the harbor of refuge at Sand Beach and struck a reef south of the breakwater. With her steering gear all damaged, she was able to pull of the bar using a foresail, but her hull was damaged and she went down in 25 fathoms of water. Her crew was rescued by the steamer CONEMAUGH, after several others had passed without seeing them. Master: Capt. Harry Richardson. Owner: F. W. Gilchrist, Alpena, Mich. It has been reported in some sources that she was recovered years later and was destroyed by fire in 1923, but I can find no evidence of this.
Built as a passenger & package freight propeller, rebuilt in 1879 at Vermontville, Mich.
Sunk off Harrisville, MI in April, 1875.
Major repair, 1879, Vermilion. OH .
Sources : slh,lhl,ns2,phr,polk,hgl,mpl (not in 1920-21mv’s)
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EASTLAND
Other names : later rebuilt as U.S.S. WILMETTE
Official no. : 200031
Type at loss : propeller, steel, excursion steamer
Build info : 1903, Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron hull# 25
Specs : 265x38x20, 1961g 1218n
Date of loss : 1915, Jul 24
Place of loss : Chicago River, Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : capsized
Loss of life : 835 [812 also given often]
Carrying : passengers
Detail : The passenger steamer EASTLAND capsized while pulling away from her dock for an excursion. She was heavily loaded with passengers and rolled over in her berth, trapping hundreds inside. The ship’s design was the main factor – flaws included a shallow draft and high center of gravity, an inadequate ballast system and the addition of several lifeboats and their associated gear on her upper deck (done due to the post-TITANIC “Boats for All” law). This was the worst disaster in Great Lakes history in terms of loss of life.
Recovered soon after, sold to U.S. govt and converted to naval gunboat U.S.S. WILMETTE [GX-13]. Scrapped in 1950.
Link to an excellent webpage on the EASTLAND.
Sources : eastl,eas,is(3-59,3-60,1-65,2&3-78),lol,lm,hcgl,etc
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EASTNOR
Other names : built as CHARLES LEMCKE, renamed HENRY PEDWELL in 1913, KAGAWONG in 1931, last name in 1932
Official no. : C126058
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1909, Lion’s Head, Ont.
Specs : 90×24, 258 t.
Date of loss : 1933, Nov 18
Place of loss : at Wiarton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while loading bunker coal at Tyson’s Coal Dock, Wiarton. Out of Owen Sound
Major rebuild in 1916 after a fire in Aug, ’15. Rebuilt ’30
Dimensions when built: 92×18 ft, 101 t.
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,csv,win
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JOSHUA EATON
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Charlotte, NY
Specs : small (cargoes: 3,500 bu wheat, $40 worth of coal)
Date of loss : 1860 (Sep?)
Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : coal
Detail : She went ashore in a storm and sat on the beach with little damage until she was destroyed by a huge gale on November 24.
Owned by Burns and Fancomb, Rochester, NY. Master: Capt. John Burns.
Sources : nsp,wmn
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EBENEZER
Other names : none
Official no. : 7518
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, E. Sorenson, Ft. Howard, WI
Specs : 92x22x9, 120 gt
Date of loss : 1880, Oct 16
Place of loss : Mud Bay, near Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : stone
Detail : Driven ashore by the gale known as “The Alpena Storm” due to the loss of the passenger steamer of that name. Owned out of Ephriam, Wis., hailed from Chicago.
Sources : bb, nsp,wgts,hr
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EBENEZER
Other names : built as WATTS SHERMAN, renamed in 1883
Official no. : 26168
Type at loss : schooner-barge wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1847, B. B. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 103x24x10 158g 150n
Date of loss : 1903, Oct 14
Place of loss : S. Manitou Isl.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Blown ashore by a storm and a total loss. One of oldest vessels on the Lakes when lost (56 yrs).
Wrecked and declared total loss at Holland, MI Oct 3, 1887.
Runge files say she was sunk on Pine Lake [Lake Charlevoix].
Rebuilt 1881, 1883
Sources : nsp,smi,ns1,mv,mpl,usls
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KATIE ECCLES
Other names : none also referred to as KATE ECCLES
Official no. : C75911
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1877, W. Jamieson, Deseronto [Mill Pt.], Ont.
Specs : 95x26x10, 122 gc.
Date of loss : 1922, Nov 28
Place of loss : off Timber Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Oswego for Napanee in heavy weather. After she lost her rudder, her skipper steered her to Timber Island by sail alone. After he and crew went ashore, her anchor chain broke and she drifted out and sank between Timber I and Nine Mile Point.
Sources : csqw,mmgl,is(2-90),hcgl
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ECHO
Other names : none
Official no. : 7237
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, H. Kelley, Milan, Oh
Specs : 109x25x9, 176g
Date of loss : 1868, Sep 16
Place of loss : Cleveland Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ?
Detail : While attempting to enter the harbor in a gale, she was wrecked near the harbor mouth. She was a total loss of about $8,000. One crewman died when he attempted to swim ashore. Owned by McCabe and Jesmer or Jeamer, Buffalo.
Probably the same vessel was ashore and expected to become a total loss on East Sister Reef, Lake Erie, in July of the same year.
Sources : nsp,wmn,jm,wl
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ECLIPSE – see also ADELAIDE
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7495
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1852, F. N. Jones or Notter, Buffalo
Specs : 94x18x9, 93 g [136 t. om]
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 27
Place of loss : Lakeport, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She caught fire while lying at a dock a Lakeport and was pushed away from the dock with a ladder. Her captain wished her farewell by emptying his pistol into her flank [he had been in trouble a few days earlier for accidentally shooting a crewman while playing with the gun]. Master: Capt. King. Owner: J. B. Scott, Detroit.
Sources : wmn,mv,wl
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7495
Type at loss : barge, wood, former passenger vesssel, large tug and freighter
Build info : 1853, F.N. Jones, Buffalo [machinery installed at Detroit]
Specs : 94x19x9, 136 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Oct 29
Place of loss : 6 mi E of Black River, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : in ballast
Detail : She had just had her machinery removed at Cleveland and was enroute to Huron, Ohio, by the tug YOSEMITE, when the pair was struck by a gale. The tug could not hold her against the violent winds and so cut the barge loose. She went ashore near Black River and by Nov 5 had been declared a total loss. She was stripped and abandoned by the tug MAGNET.
Declared total loss after a fire at Lakeport, MI, Oct 20, 1871. She caught fire at the dock and was cut loose and towed out into the lake, where the fire was put out by a passing tug. She was converted from a passenger vessel to a steam barge afterwards.
Sprang a leak and sank in Cleveland harbor in October, 1865.
Exploded and broke in two at Chicago in the spring of 1853 when brand new. Her chief engineer at the time was a black man, probably one of the first to hold that position on the lakes. He was exonerated of any blame.
Rebuilt about 1868, major repairs in 1871 and 72.
Sources : eas,slh,sol,lhl,nsp,rsl
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ECLIPSE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7517
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, E. Bates, Milan, OH
Specs : 109x24x10, 221 t. om
Date of loss : 1882, Nov 24
Place of loss : Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : shingles
Detail : Driven onto a rocky reef in freezing gale. Her crew scrambled up the rigging as she sank, and all but one was rescued by Lifesaving Service. Bound Manistee for Chicago. Owned out of Chicago by Capt. Ted Warner.
Stranded in the same place in 1881 and just a few miles away in 1880.
Major repairs in 1870.
Sources : nsp,(mv),is,h,g8s,hgl,usls, rsl,wl,ec,wmhs
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ECLIPSE
Other names : built as the steamer JULIETTE
Official no. : C77692
Type at loss : propeller tug & supply boat
Build info : 1878, R. Cooper, Hamilton, Ont. [Cooper lived in New York]
Specs : 90x20x6, 72gc 49nc
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 22
Place of loss : off Wiarton, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound Algoma Mills for Sarnia with barge ETTA in tow. During the night of the 22nd she foundered with all hands including the captain who came over from the towbarge. The one man left to tend the ETTA during the storm was the only survivor of the accident. ETTA drifted ashore in Little Pike Bay and was later recovered. ECLIPSE registered out of Hamilton or Sarnia. Master: Capt. Berry(d).
*Built as the passenger steamer JULIETTE, she nearly capsized on her first trip before pulling away from the dock. She was rerated to carry much fewer passengers, and the public turned against her. By the following year she had been rebuilt and renamed.
Sources : nsp,slh,h,mmgl,win,polk,es,ib,mr
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EDDIE S.
Other names : none
Official no. : 233600
Type at loss : diesel fishing tug
Build info : 1933, H. Larson, Menominee
Specs : 35x10x2, 16g 11n
Date of loss : 1945, May 22
Place of loss : off Grand Marais, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2 of 3
Carrying : none
Detail : Foundered in a sudden 55mph squall near the harbor mouth. The one surviving crewman was saved by USCG.
Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; owned by L. C. Bethway
Sources : lssc,gwgl,lss,hr,mv
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JOHN F. EDDY
Other names : none
Official no. : 76645
Type at loss : barge, wood, bulk freight built as propeller
Build info : 1886, Detroit Dry Dock, Wyandotte, MI hull #76
Specs : 259x38x20 1678 g 1252 n
Date of loss : 1920, Nov 13
Place of loss : 7 mi off W. Sister Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of tug CUSTODIAN, she sprang a leak in gale and sank. Later dynamited as a hazard.
Built as bulk freighter, 1678gt, 1252nt, converted to a barge between 1910-1916.
Sources : atl,sol,sbs,ns3,mv,ledc,mpl,hcgl
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NEWELL A. EDDY
Other names : none
Official no. : 130467
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, built as a schooner
Build info : 1890, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City, hull #71
Specs : 242x40x16 1270g 1207n
Date of loss : 1893, Apr 20
Place of loss : near Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : grain
Detail : Bound Chicago for Buffalo, she was lost from tow of the steamer CHARLES A. EDDY, which became disabled in a storm. Driven on a reef & sank, later pushed into deep water. Wreckage from her aft end washed up all over the Straits. $98,000 loss. Master: Capt. W. R. Burton(d). Owned by Eddy Transportation Co., Bay City, Mich.
Wreck, with masts still standing, was located in 1992.
Sources : nsp,slh,sol,is,h,mv,lhdc,ssm,vbs,phr,wb,hgl,mpl,es
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WILLIAM EDENBORN
Other names : none
Official no. : 81702
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1900, W. Bay City Shipbuilding, W. Bay City hull #40
Specs : 478x52x25 5085g 4431n
Date of loss : 1905, Nov 28
Place of loss : just west of Split Rock River mouth, 6-7 mi SW from Split Rock Lighthouse
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : light
Detail : This Pittsburger had the steel barge MADIERA in tow in a teriffic gale. After she cut MADEIRA loose, she was pushed on a reef by split in half. Declared a total loss, she was eventually recovered and reassembled at great expense. One of her propellers still lies near the site. Owner: Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
Sold to city of Cleveland in 1962, stripped and scuttled for a breakwater at Gordon Park.
Sources : vbs,gwgl,is,lss,s,nsp,mu
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EDITH
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1851, Wm. Ashman, Bronte, Ont.
Specs : 67x19x7, 80 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Nov 6
Place of loss : near Presqu’ile, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound for Detroit, she struck a reef and sank with her decks just submerged and each wave washing over her. Men from the passing schooner CHARLOTTE, receiving no answer to their hail, came aboard and rescued her crew, who were in EDITH’s cabin in a helpless state. May have been recovered and lost in late Nov, 1860, near Stoney Pt., Lake Ont.
Out of Hamilton, owned by M.W. Browne.
Sources : mmgl,nsp,clu
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EDITH M
Other names : none
Official no. : 203554
Type at loss : sloop, wood, 1 mast
Build info : 1906, Ludinton, Mich
Specs : 33x10x3, 7g 7n
Date of loss : 1914, Sep 1
Place of loss : off Stony Lake, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : This tiny sloop foundered in an early fall storm 20 miles north of Muskegon, Michigan.
Sources : mv,hr
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EDNA
Other names : none
Official no. : 135309
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1877, N.L. Anderson, Chicago
Specs : 62x17x5, 38g 36n
Date of loss : 1887, Oct 26
Place of loss : 2 mi off piers at Kenosha
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : gravel
Detail : Bound Chicago for Kenosha, she sprang a leak in moderate seas and foundered in 50 feet of water within sight of the lifesaving station. Her crew abandoned in her skiff. They began to drift out into the lake, but were rescued by the local U.S. Lifesaving Service crew [with the help of the tug KITTY SMOKE] after drifting lakeward for a short time. Owned by her skipper and builder, Capt. N. L. Anderson of Chicago.
Document was not surrendered until June of the next year.
Sources : bb,mv,polk,usls,hr,wls
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EDNA
Other names : ?
Official no. : 7909
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1866, New Baltimore, MI as a schooner
Specs : 53g 40n
Date of loss : 1916, Jul 15
Place of loss : at Algonac, MI
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Out of Port Huron. Document surrendered 2/7/17, annotated “burned.”
Sources : eas,phr,mv,wmn
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JOHN EDWARD
Other names : none
Official no. : 75896
Type at loss : sloop, wood
Build info : 1876, Grand Haven, Mich
Specs : 34x11x4, 11g.
Date of loss : 1876, Nov 9
Place of loss : near shore 5 mi N of Saugatuck, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered close in. Later recovered. Bound for Jacksonville, Fla. [that is correct] via Chicago and registered out of Apalachicola. Owned and sailed by Capt. T. F. McCurdy, Spring Lake, Mich
Sources : h,usls,mv,nsp
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EFFORT
Other names : none
Official no. : C96249
Type at loss : scow, wood, lumber
Build info : 1889, W. Taylor, Wallaceburg
Specs : 73x21x5, 51 gc
Date of loss : 1898, Sep 6
Place of loss : opposite Port Huron
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1 of 4
Carrying : wood
Detail : Her towing tug ARIADNE attempted to cross between the steamer GEORGE STEPHENSON and the giant steel barge ROEBLING with EFFORT in tow. The tug cleared, but STEPHENSON’s tow cable caught the scow amidships, sawing her in half. A Kendall Ship Reporting Co. boat saved 2 of crew. Skipper of ARIADNE said he thought the big ROEBLING was a steamer. Later recovered in two pieces and rebuilt; abandoned at Thunder Bay, 1901
Sources : nsp,st,hgl,mmgl,nsp
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MARION EGAN
Other names : Shows in mv as EDGAR MARION
Official no. : 7301
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1861, John Squires, Huron, OH
Specs : 262 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Sep 22
Place of loss : 17 mi SE of Thunder Bay Isl, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : coal
Detail : Collided with the schooner E.R. WILLIAMS in a night passing error and sank in about 7 minutes. Her surviving crew were rescued by WILLIAMS. Bound Cleveland for Racine and went down in 35 fathoms of water. Owned by W. Christie of Erie, Pa., who lost the schooner CITY OF BUFFALO(qv) a few days earlier. Master: Capt. Louch.
Ashore on Cove Island, mouth of Georgian Bay, and abandoned in August of 1873. She was stripped in early September, but was recovered late in the same month..
Sources : nsp,slh,hgl,usls,wl,rsl,jb
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JOHN EGGERS
Other names : none
Official no. : 76714
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1887, J. Eggers, Milwaukee
Specs : 59x14x3 25g 24n
Date of loss : 1906, May 26
Place of loss : Wind Point, near Racine, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 1
Carrying : gravel
Detail : She was in the process of loading gravel from the bottom when she was driven ashore and wrecked, a total loss.
Sources : mv,lmdc,wls,wmn
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EGYPTIAN
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Roderick Calkins, Cleveland
Specs : 136x26x11, 372 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Nov [early in the month]
Place of loss : near Point Pelee
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore and wrecked in her 5th month of service. Owned by Fitzhugh & Littlejohn, Oswego. Master: Capt. B. Hawkins.
Sources : blu[1856],wmhs,hgl,wl,wmn
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EGYPTIAN
Other names : none
Official no. : 8988
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, Quelos & Peck, Black River, OH
Specs : 232x36x14 1430g 1206n
Date of loss : 1897, Dec 1
Place of loss : 15 mi out of Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She caught fir e in her forward hold and burned to the waterline 10 miles out, off Sturgoen Point. She then sank in 170 feet of water while bound Cleveland for Milwaukee. Her crew took to her boats after it was seen that she could not be saved, and were rescued by the steamer SIR WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN. Newspaper account attributed the fire to spontaneous conbustion. Master: Capt. Frank Goodrow. Owner: Capt. Nelson S. Whipple, Bay City.
Struck the wreck of the steamer PHILIP WALTER off Black R., OH in October of 1887 and sunk.
She had the 1st fore & aft compound engine in use on the Great Lakes.
Sources : stb,slh,mol,mv,hgl,nsp,mpl,hcgl,ade
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EIGHTH OHIO
Other names : also seen as 8TH OHIO and MIDLAND, Merchant Vessels of the U.S. lists her as “EIGHTH (8th) OHIO”
Official no. : 8184
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1867, G. Fordham, Sandusky, OH as a sidewheeler
Specs : 121x20x7 145 g
Date of loss : 1877, Aug 18
Place of loss : Fox’s Dock, Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : probably none (one source says lives were lost)
Detail : Extensively burned, probably by arson. Declared a total loss, but recovered and later rebuilt. The vessel had recently changed owners [for the umpteenth time] and had been chartered by the Midland RR, which had christened her [unofficially] MIDLAND. At the time of the fire she being renovated for use as a ferry at Sarnia. Her new owners, however, had failed to pay for either the vessel or the renovations, so she reverted back to the previous owners and her original name in July. Master at time of fire: Capt. Alfred Lovett.
Later 124x21x7 107g 55n
Sunk off Springwells [Ecorse], Mich., Detroit R., in 1884. Rebuilt at Detroit following this and re-engined, using the powerplant from the burned prop HENRY HOWARD(qv). She came back out in July, 1886.
Burned to the water’s edge in Ribinet’s canal, Sandwich, Ont., in March of 1890. Rebuilt, abandoned in 1897.
Built as a sidewheeler, reportedly converted to a propeller in 1875 at Bay City.
Sources : nsp,www,mpl,es,mv
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EILEEN G
Other names : ?
Official no. : C190222
Type at loss : tug
Build info : 1944, Owen Sound, Ont.
Specs : 37 ft, 13 t.
Date of loss : 1955, May 9
Place of loss : near Tunnel Island [latitude 46deg 28′ N, longitude 83deg 27′ W]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : no detail
Owned out of Blind R. Ont.
Sources : is,lss,win
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ELBING – See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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ELDORADO
Other names : built as steamer EQUATOR (qv), renamed in 1871
Official no. : 135117
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 189x32x11, 489 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Nov 20
Place of loss : just E of harbor entrance at Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 7
Carrying : none
Detail : She was wrecked near Presque Isle in a terrific westerly gale and blizzard. The steamer JAMES P. DONALDSON cast her and towmates GEORGE W. WESLEY(qv) and BAY CITY(qv) adrift about a mile off the harbor. The three drifted ashore about 5 miles to the east. Crew of ELDORADO made it to shore on their own. The vessel broke up on the rocky coast, a total loss of $10,000.
Owned by L. Slyfield, St. Clair, Mi
Built from the wrecked steamer EQUATOR(qv) in 1871, at Sheboygan, WI
Sources : h,lhdc,hgl,usls,mpl,nsp,ewe
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ELEANOR
Other names : ?
Official no. : 7298
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1857, J. Harbridge, Two Rivers, WI
Specs : 119x26x9, 188 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Aug 18
Place of loss : Whiskey Reef, near Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Torn loose from the prop MICHIGAN and drifted onto the reef, where she eventually pounded to pieces. Her crew was rescued by another vessel. Document surrendered at Port Huron Dec 3, 1881. Owned out of Bay City by G. VanEtten. Master: Capt. Hazen.
Converted from a free-sailing schooner to a schooner-barge in the spring of 1880 after sinking in the Saginaw River..
Sources : phr,mv,usls,rsl,nsp
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ELEANOR
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1866, J. Chaffey, Bedford Mills
Specs : 47x10x7, 24g 7nc
Date of loss : 1891, May 8
Place of loss : near Pigeon Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : sank
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 2 coal barges in tow
Detail : Sprung a leak in heavy weather and foundered in 100 feet of water.
Registered out of Kingston. Insured as a river tug.
Also reported sunk at Kingston with no loss of life, May 14, 1891.
*date also given as May 14, 1891 and Feb. 29, 1892, 5 mi N of Main Duck. Doc surrendered Dec 31, 1891.
See CSQW for another version of her loss
Sources : mmgl,clu,h,win
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ELEANOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 136603
Type at loss : propeller passenger vessel, wood
Build info : 1897, Saugatuck, Mich
Specs : 62x11x5, 17g 11n
Date of loss : 1902, Nov 13
Place of loss : at Montague, Michigan
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her dock at White Lake
Sources : hcgl,hr
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ELEANOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 226861
Type at loss : steel fish tug, Kahlenberg, engine
Build info : 1927, Henry Vincent, Naubinway, Mich
Specs : 43x13x6, 28g
Date of loss : 1950, Dec
Place of loss : Wood Island, just NW of Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none reported
Carrying : gear
Detail : She ran ashore in a gale and blizzard and was was so high in the rocks that she could not be recovered. Dismantled in place the following year. Owned by Adair of Munising, Mich.
Sources : hh,hr
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ELEANORA
Other names : built as str GREAT BRITAIN, renamed in 1845: also seen as ELEONORA
Official no. : C
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1830, David Brown, Prescott, Ont.
Specs : 159x27x12, 431 t.
Date of loss : 1848, Apr 18
Place of loss : at Hamilton, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Wrecked by a gale on the Hamilton piers when she missed her stays coming in. She was a total loss of $10,000.
Rebuilt to a storage hulk in 1840, then to this bark in 1845.
Registered out of Kingston.
Sources : hr,mmgl,hgl,csv,ib
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ELFIN-MERE – See CHARLES B. PACKARD
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ELGIN – See also LADY ELGIN
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ELGIN
Other names : none
Official no. : 135898
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood [also reported as a lighter]
Build info : 1874, L Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. as a bark (C77778)
Specs : 139x26x12, 330g 310n
Date of loss : 1906, Oct 29
Place of loss : off Grand Marais, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : Hay & coal
Detail : In tow of the tug CROSBY, she was swamped and torn to pieces by a NE gale. She was owned by Capt. John Shea of Duluth.
Reverted to an American bottom after wrecking near Racine, Aug 2, 1885 [sold by U.S. marshall to regain the salvage cost].
A tug of this name was reported lost in 1896.
Sources : mmgl,mv,eas,ns1,mpl
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WILLIAM ELGIN
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, W. Jamieson, Mill Pt. (built by Simpson?)
Specs : 99x23x10, 190 gc, 156 nc
Date of loss : 1888, May 19
Place of loss : 16 mi NW of Oswego, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Sprang a leak and sank. Bound Oswego for Belleville. Her crew was picked up by steamer OCEAN WAVE(qv). Registered to Capt. J. Savage out of Picton, Ont.
Also ashore near Oswego and not expected to survive in November, 1872.
Owned at Port Stanley in March, 1876.
Sources : mmgl,is,h,nsp,osdo,wb,hgl,rp not in clu
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ELI
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1887, Nov 14
Place of loss : near Ashtabula, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9
Carrying : ?
Detail : Reported foundered in a heavy SW gale. Worth about $12,000, with cargo.
Sources : sb,h
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ELISE – See WEXFORD
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ELITE
Other names : none
Official no. : C96880
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1894, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 60x15x6, 36gt
Date of loss : 1933, Sep 23
Place of loss : at dock at Jennie Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to the waterline
Rebuilt at Wiarton, 1916
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,hr
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ELIZA
Other names : none
Official no. : 8248
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, Pierson, Spring Lake. MI
Specs : 53x15x6, 30g 28n
Date of loss : 1890, Jul 1
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : sand
Detail : Left Chicago for Milwaukee in July, never arrived. The son of Capt Hanson would not give up the search for his father, and the boat was not given up for lost until October. Master: Capt John Hanson(d).
Capsized near Milwaukee in May, 1883.
Sources : mv,h,nsp,hgl,mpl,bb,hr,wls
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ELIZA CAROLINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7414
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1851, D. Dibble, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 45x14x6 33g (21n)
Date of loss : 1871, Sep 20
Place of loss : off Madison Point
Lake : Michigan (also given as L. Erie)
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale. Towed off the beach by U.S. Revenue Cutter SHERMAN on the 28th, but sank shortly afterwards. Homeport: Cleveland
Badly damaged in a stranding at Rondeau, Ont., Lake Erie, in September, 1867.
Sources : mv,www,hgl,nsp
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ELIZABETH – See also ASP
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1820, Nov 10
Place of loss : near Conneaut, Ohio
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 [all]
Carrying : luggage
Detail : This early schooner foundered in a gale, her two crew and one woman passenger perishing.
Owned out of Ashtabula, O.; master: Capt. Napier(d). Compare this report with ASP and ZEPHYR.
Sources : nsp,rp,hgl,wmn
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, R. Robinson, Portsmouth, Ont.
Specs : 88x17x7, 104 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Jun 29
Place of loss : Between False Ducks and Nine Mile Point
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : none
Carrying : pig iron
Detail : She sprang a leak and foundered with little warning. Her crewmen saved themselves in the small boat.
Sources : nsp,hgl,
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none (see below)
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1863, Milwaukee
Specs : 41x13x5, 20 gt
Date of loss : 1866, Aug
Place of loss : at Kenosha, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She came into Kenosha harbor in a storm and anchored off shore to unload. Her anchors did not hold and she was driven into the shallows, where she was unloaded over two days. Now half buried in the sand, she was unable to be released and eventually broke up. Out of Milwaukee. Some sources say this vessel was the ELIZABETH built 1850, Kingston, Ont., by Thurston and owned in Oswego, but that schooner was still on insurance lists as late as 1871.
Sources : wmn,wls,mmgl,wl
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none
Official no. : C none?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1865, Broders, Owen Sound
Specs : 65 t.
Date of loss : 1873, Oct 29
Place of loss : Christian Isl, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and a total loss “due to stress of weather.”
Sources : win,clu ,wmn not in mmgl
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none
Official no. : 36201
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, J. Miller, Swan Creek, MI
Specs : 51x16x4 23 g
Date of loss : 1882, fall
Place of loss : near Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was sunk by a gale near the entrance to the St. Mary’s R. She was abandoned a several efforts to release her failed. Her document was surrendered at Port Huron Dec 15, 1883, annotated “wrecked”, shown in 1884 Merchant Vessels of the U.S. as “lost or otherwise out of service.”
Also stranded on Georgian Bay in 1872 and recovered.
Sources : mv,slh,h,phr,jb,hr
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ELIZABETH
Other names : none
Official no. : 135939
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1887, Ole Nelson, Sturgeon Bay
Specs : 51x15x4, 25g
Date of loss : 1905, Oct 19
Place of loss : at Menominee, Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : She collided with the pier at Menominee in a gale and became a total loss. Had been stranded in a storm mear Peshtigo less than a month earlier. Out of Sturgeon Bay.
Sources : wgts,mv,hr
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ELK
Other names : none
Official no. : 136333
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1892, F. A. Kirby, Grand Haven, MI
Specs : 60x11x4, 28g 14n
Date of loss : 1895, Nov 26
Place of loss : Buffalo Harbor
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Rammed and cut in two by the Western Liner SYRACUSE when the latter was being towed into the harbor in strong winds.
Built as a fish tug.
Sources : nsp,mv,hr
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ELLA W.
Other names : none
Official no. : 208090
Type at loss : gas screw, wood, fish tug
Build info : 1906, Two Rivers, Wis
Specs : 30x10x4, 13g 10n
Date of loss : 1917, Oct 27
Place of loss : Wiggins Pt., Mich
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 3 of 4
Carrying : gear
Detail : Foundered about 8 mi SSW of Manistique, Michigan in a fall gale. Out of Grand Haven, Mich
Sources : mv,hr,mv
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ELLEN
Other names : none
Official no. : C
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1846, Chas. Lee, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 95x17x7, 96 t.
Date of loss : 1848, Oct 28
Place of loss : near Wellington, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 9[all]
Carrying : none
Detail : Reported wrecked and a total loss, driven on the beach while trying to beat offshore. When the wind changed suddenly she was capsized and driven in. She had left Kingston on the 28th, bound for Wellington to take on a load of fish from the beach. Besides her crew of 7, two men who were helping to load her were drowned. Owned by E. Browne & Co. of Hamilton. Master: Capt. George Law.
Sources : hr,hgl,mmgl,wmn
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ELLEN
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, (2-mast)
Build info : (1846, S.W. Turner, Cleveland)
Specs : (63x17x6, 61 t. [om])
Date of loss : 1856, Nov
Place of loss : Black River Island, just S. of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : barrelled fish
Detail : Bound Thunder Bay for Detroit, she dragged onto a reef in a gale and pounded to pieces, a total loss. Her cargo was lightered off and saved. Owned by Craig & Co., Detroit
Sources : slh,hgl,(wl),rnc,blu
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G. ELLEN
Other names : none also seen as ELLEN G
Official no. : 10194
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Hicks, Detroit
Specs : 92x22x6, 85g 81n.
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 16
Place of loss : off Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : wood
Detail : She had battled a storm for two days before the schooner started to break up. Crewmen lashed themselves to the cabin roof to keep from being washed away. Big steamer NYACK spotted them, coming alee to haul them aboard in a thrilling rescue. Out of Racine, owner and master: Capt. Martin Nelson.
Sources : nsp,bb,rsl,wl,mv,hr
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ELLINGTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 7235
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1847, J. Keating, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 102x22x9, 143 t.
Date of loss : 1873, late Oct
Place of loss : at Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all
Carrying : stone blocks
Detail : She struck the breakwater in a storm and sank in the harbor. She was deemed too overaged to rescue.
Sunk by a collision near Toledo in 1869.
Heavily damaged in the Chicago Fire of 1871. Thought to be a total loss, but rebuilt.
She was one of the first vessels of the Bradley fleet.
Sources : nsp,hgl,’69mv,wl
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ELLA ELLINWOOD
Other names : none
Official no. : 8604
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast (some sources show her as a two-master)
Build info : 1869, Dixon, E. Saginaw, MI
Specs : 106x26x9 157g 150n
Date of loss : 1901, Sep 29
Place of loss : between Fox Point & Port Washington, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber & bark
Detail : She went into the shallows in smoke on the 21st, then broke up in a storm on Oct 24. Her crew reached land safely, even after the yawl capsized in surf near shore. Owner: Thomas Flagstad, Montague, Mich.
This is probably the wreck shown in Great Lakes Pilot as lying 3.5 mi N of Fox Pt. in 12 ft. of water.
Sources : nsp,glp,vbs,nsp,ns1,sbs,h,lmdc,modoc
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R.R. ELLIOTT
Other names : none
Official no. : 56349
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood – built as a sidewheel tug
Build info : 1854, Zadoc Pangburn (sic), Marine City, MI*
Specs : 162x28x9, 254 t.
Date of loss : 1872, Sep 18
Place of loss : 9 mi ENE of Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She was torn loose from her tow steamer DUNKIRK and sank in a gale. In company with FORESTER(qv). Document surrendered at Port Huron Nov 7, 1877, annotated “wrecked, 9-18-72.” Owner: Parks, Bay City.
*Marine City list gives Bushnell & McCarney as builders, nsp gives Keane, this is from registration.
Converted from steamer to barge in 1866.
Sources : nsp,h,hmc,mv,win,lhl,phr,hgl,rsl
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ELLSWORTH – see COLONEL ELLSWORTH
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LEM ELLSWORTH
Other names : none
Official no. : 140062
Type at loss : schooner, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1874, Wolfe & Davidson, Milwaukee
Specs : 138x26x11, 340g 323n
Date of loss : 1894, May 18
Place of loss : midlake 30-40 mi NNE of Chicago.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carrying : stone blocks
Detail : Bound for Chicago from Portage, Mich., Lake Superior, she foundered in a gale at an unrecorded position. Possibly overloaded, she was last seen in the Straits 2 days previous, riding low in the water. Her battered yawl was found off Kenosha 8 days later, and was the only evidence of her ever found. It contained a bunch of keys belonging to the captain, leading to the belief that the crew had abandoned ship. Owned by Henry Wineman, Jr., Detroit. Master: Capt. John Wilson(d).
Went ashore with heavy damage and the loss of one life, near Oswego, in November, 1880.
Rebuilt in 1879.
Sources : is,h,mv,nsp,hgl,osdo,mpl,rp,es,wls
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S. S. ELLSWORTH
Other names : none
Official no. : 23796
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1869, Geneva, NY as a schooner-rigged canal boat
Specs : 117x18x8, 136g*
Date of loss : 1877, Jul 10
Place of loss : SE point of Stony Isl.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She had dropped a group of excursionist/campers off at the island and was at anchor for the night when she caught fire, probably in the kitchen. She burned to a total loss and sank in 21 feet of water. In 1879 her machinery was recovered, but the boat itself fell apart when an attempt was made to raise her. The engine and gear went into the new steambarge THOMPSON KINGSFORD, built for Mattoon in 1880. Owned by Abner Mattoon, Oswego.
Built with an Erie Canal-boat hull, she went to the south via the canal and Hudson River in 1871. Registered out of Savannah, Ga. to A. Mattoon, Oswego, 1871-2 for lumbering in Florida and to satisfy a land claim. Came back to the lakes in 1872.
Rebuilt from a schooner-rigged canal boat to a steambarge at Oswego in 1873, using the engine and boiler from the burned tug GEORGE S. DODGE (qv).
*originally 92x18x9, 114g, enlarged in 1873
Sources : rp,wl,mv,wmhs,cpl,wmn
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ELM CITY
Other names : built as Canadian schooner EUNICE ANN, renamed before 1861
Official no. : US
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1849, Foster, Port Rowan or Walsingham, Ont.
Specs : 81x20x6, 74 t.
Date of loss : 1866, May 27
Place of loss : at Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 800 bbl water lime
Detail : Bound Port Dover, Ont, to Erie, Pa., she caught fire and burned to a total loss. MAY have been recovered, gone into Canadian regsitry again, lost at Conneaut in 1867.
Owned by Foster & Co, Erie, Pa.
Sold American between 1861
Rebuilt at Buffalo in 1859, major repairs ’62
Sources : nsp,hgl,mmgl,wmn,wl
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ELMA
Other names : none
Official no. : 8895
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast [built as 3-mast schooner]
Build info : 1873, D Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 165x30x11 401g 381n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 28
Place of loss : on Pictured Rocks, near Munising, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She was in tow of the steamer P.H. BIRCKHEAD with 2 other barges. The tow was broken up, and soon after ELMA’s steering was disabled and she was cast ashore under Miner’s Castle. One crewman died trying to take a rope ashore. Another finally made it and sat shivering all night on the rocks, holding on to the rescue line. The rest of her crew came ashore in the morning.
Sources : nsp,ms,gwgl,glss,sol,h,wb,lss,hgl
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ELMIRA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, W. Sheldon, Black R., Ohio
Specs : 74x20x4 , 52 t. om
Date of loss : 1866, Aug 8
Place of loss : Genesee River, Genesee, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : stave bolts
Detail : She struck a pier while attempting to make the harbor in a storm, sank and was reported a total loss of $3,400, vessel & cargo. Locals broke out a lifeboat and rescued her crew from her rigging. She had been bound Toronto for Genesee. Out of Racine, owned by J. Muehler.
Also sunk on Lake Erie in 1855.
Sources : nsp,wmn,jm,hr,mbw
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ELMIRA
Other names : none
Official no. : 7335
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1856, Lafrinier & Stevenson, Cleveland
Specs : 180x28x11, 781g 599n
Date of loss : 1878, Nov 30
Place of loss : at Dunnville, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : A fire was discovered in her at about two a.m. at her winter layup qaurters. Local firefighters arrived and were able to extinguish the cabins, but could not reach the fire below decks due to heavy smoke from her burning bunker coal. She was towed from Taylor’s dock to a point a short way below, where she slowly burned to a total loss. She was a loss of $11,000. Out of Bay City, MI, owned by E. B. Knight. Document surrendered Jun 30, 1879, annotated “Burned in 1878.” Her wreckage may have been located in 1999.
Major repairs in 1862.
Sources : phr,lhl,mpl,es,wl,waw
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ELMIRA
Other names : built as EDWARD SMITH, renamed G. A. MITCHELL in 1918,
renamed ELMIRA in 1925
Official no. : 135660
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1883, George King [Koenig], Marine City, MI
Specs : 194x33x17, 700g 523n
Date of loss : 1930, Jun 13
Place of loss : Boyne City, MI, Lake Charlevoix [Pine Lake], MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : (lumber?)
Detail : She burned to a total loss. Her remains were scrapped in 1933.
Owned by Wolverine Steamship Co.
Sources : eas,ns4,mv,hcgl
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C.W. ELPHICKE
Other names : none
Official no. : 126568
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1889, Craig Shipbuilding, Trenton, MI hull# 39
Specs : 274x42x20 2059g 1703n
Date of loss : 1913, Oct 21
Place of loss : Long Point, S of lighthouse at tip
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Driven on the point in a gale, she broke in two and sank in shallow water. 7 crew made it to shore in her boat, Lifesavers took the other 12 off. Master: Capt. A. B. Comins. Owner: Buckeye Steamship Co. Wreck lies in 24 ft of water, 1.2 mi, 229 deg from Long Pt. light.
Sources : do2,eas,glp,ttgl,sol,ns2,mv,mpl,hcgl,ewe
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ELVA
Other names : none
Official no. : 7300
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2 mast
Build info : 1859, L. Larned, Cottrellville, Mich
Specs : 56x19x6, 69 g
Date of loss : 1911, Jul 24
Place of loss : Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying :
Detail : Stranded and a total loss – no detail.
Rebuilt, 1862
Sources : mv,glmd,eas,hcgl,wgts
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ELVINA
Other names : none sometimes seen as ALVINA
Official no. : 8263
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, Field, Sacket’s Harbor, NY as a schooner
Specs : 138x26x11 297g 282n
Date of loss : 1901, Oct 13*
Place of loss : off Thunder Bay Isl., Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 700 bbl lubricating oil
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Manistique, Mich. in tow of steamer A. WESTON, she was overwhelmed by a storm and sank. Her crew abandoned her in the yawl and made it to shore unaided. Her cargo was salvaged by the 17th. Owner: Capt. Wm. Dulac, Mt. Clemens, Mi.
*some sources say Oct 3, this date is from newspapers
Major repair, 1882
Sources : nsp,stb,slh,ns1,mv,hr
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GEORGE H. ELY
Other names : none
Official no. : 85147
Type at loss : barge or schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1871, E. Fitzgerald, Port Huron, MI
Specs : 181x33x13, 649 gt
Date of loss : 1882, Oct 12
Place of loss : near Detour, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Tow of tug J.W. BENNETT*, she struck bottom in heavy weather, swamped and sank in shallow water just inside Detour Point. Later she broke in two and was given up as a total loss Nov 10.
Owned by Pennington and others of Cleveland
*or H. B. TUTTLE. She and the prop TUTTLE were built as a steamer/consort.
Sources : nsp,slh,phr,hgl,mv
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GRACE ELY
Other names : none
Official no. : 85631
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1880, Marquette, MI
Specs : 37x13x6, 12gt.
Date of loss : 1885, Sep
Place of loss : off Little Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : poor stowage
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : ? (limestone?)
Detail : Tow of tug MYSTIC, she capsized due to poor stowage and trimming of her cargo. Thought to be a total loss, but later recovered; final disposition unknown.
Sources : mv,hr
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SAMUEL P. ELY
Other names : none also seen as S.P. ELY
Official no. : 23780
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, J.P. Clark, Detroit as a schooner
Specs : 200x32x14 627g 596n
Date of loss : 1896, Oct 29
Place of loss : harbor entrance at Two Harbors, MN
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : light
Detail : Tow of steamer HESPER, she went out of control and was lost from tow. She crashed into a contractor’s scow and then wrecked on the breakwater. An heroic rescue by the tug ELLA G. STONE saved her 11 crew.
Once part of the Bradley Fleet.
Major repairs 1879, 82
Sources : gwgl,lss,mv,hgl,net,hcgl,nsp
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ELYRIA
Other names : also seen as ELYNA
Official no. : 7323
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, Daniel Fox, Black R., OH
Specs : 84 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Oct 30
Place of loss : near Erie, PA
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 2
Carrying : ?
Detail : She wrecked near the beach on the northern shore of the peninsula in a gale. Two sailors from the Revenue Cutter COMMODORE PERRY drowned when their small boat swamped during an attempt to rescue ELYRIA’s crew. She was abandoned Nov 8.
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,mbw
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EMBLEM – See OLIVIA
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EMBURY
Other names : built as COLIN CAMPBELL, renamed in 1901
Official no. : 5719
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1869, Linn & Craig, Gibraltar, MI
Specs : 159x30x11 373g 280n
Date of loss : 1903, Dec 4
Place of loss : at Tonawanda, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Destroyed by fire at Grand Isl. on the Niagara R., where she sank and was abandoned. Her crew escaped without casualty.
Owned by W.L. Martin of Cheboygan. Master: Capt. Curran.
Major repairs in 1881, 82
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
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EMELINE
Other names : also seen as EMILINE*
Official no. : 7492
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, M. Williams, Vicksburg, MI
Specs : 111x22x7 128g 122n
Date of loss : 1896, Aug 8
Place of loss : 25 mi S of Bailey’s Harbor, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : bark
Detail : She capsized, was driven ashore near Algomah, WI, by a gale and wrecked. Her crew was at first reported lost, but made it to shore in her yawl. She was broken up by the following spring and was dynamited as a hazard to navigation in 1903. Master: Capt. Abrahamson.
Rebuilt and enlarged at Detroit in 1864. Major repairs in 1872, 78 & 80.
*her actual name was probably spelled EMILINE, though official records show her the other way.
Sources : nsp,h,wb,hgl,bb,wgts,hr
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EMERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood (some newspapers describe her as a tug)
Build info : 1844, Chippawa, Ont.
Specs : 132x20x9, ca. 96 t.
Date of loss : 1858, Dec 2
Place of loss : near Bear Creek, Lake St. Clair
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : stranded
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Stranded and abandoned – reported a total loss of $3,000. Recovered and towed to Algonac the next March, but disposition unknown from there. Master: Capt. Poole
Also sunk on St. Clair R. Apr 18, 1855.
Sources : rbs,clu,csv,hgl,mmgl,st,wmn
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EMERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : 36340
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, W. Dixon, Bay City, MI
Specs : 134x32x9 287g 272n
Date of loss : 1886, Nov 17
Place of loss : off Kewaunee, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven ashore in a gale near Kewaunee when lost from tow of steamer JUSTICE FIELD. She had been in tow with the barges G. W. BISSELL, LOTTIE MAY and FLORENCE M. DICKINSON, of which DICKINSON was also lost. Bound Toledo for Milwaukee. Despite many reports to the contrary, she was recovered by Leatham & Smith, Sturgeon Bay, in August of the following year and used in the stone trade by them until abandoned to sink in Lake Michigan in Nov 29, 1903.
Sank on Saginaw River in 1880, recovered the next year.
Rebuilt in 1875
Sources : nsp,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,mv,wgts
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EMERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : C ?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1872, Hardison, Port Colborne as a bark*
Specs : 139x26x12, 344gc 322nc
Date of loss : 1903, Nov 23
Place of loss : under Scarborough Bluffs, E of Toronto
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all [8]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Charlotte for Toronto, she foundered with all hands while trying to ride out a gale under The Bluffs. Her loss was unknown for 6 days. Master: Capt. McMaster.
Major repairs in 1882.
*St. Catharines, same year also given
Sources : nsp,ns1,h,lmdc,vbs,osdo,hgl,sb,mpl,hr
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EMERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : 8253
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “rabbit”
Build info : 1863, Hinman, Algonac, MI
Specs : 144x23x9 216g 154n
Date of loss : 1909, Nov 13
Place of loss : Thunder Bay Island, E of Alpena, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and broken up by big waves.
In Nov of 1901 she was abandoned in a November gale and drifted around L Huron for nearly a week before being picked up by the steamer WESTFORD.
Document surrendered at Marquette in 1903, the vessel reported as “abandoned, unfit for further service.”
Sources : nsp,ns1,mv,mpl,hcgl
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EMERALD
Other names : none
Official no. : C85417
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1872, G. Hardison, Port Colborne, Ont.
Specs : 139x29x12, 343gc 322nc
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 29
Place of loss : unknown
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : all [ca 6]
Carrying : coal
Detail : Went missing in a gale while bound Cobourg Ont., from Charlotte, NY. No wreckage or bodies were ever found.
Sources : mmgl,ns2,glmd
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W.J. EMERSON
Other names : none
Official no. : C107133
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1900, Goderich, Ont.
Specs : 66×13, 28gc 19nc
Date of loss : 1933, Oct
Place of loss : off Light number 10, near Bennett Isl. [also shown as Shaganash Isl.]
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : (none)
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned and sank.
Sources : mmgl,lss,do,rf
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H.A. EMERY
Other names : none
Official no. : 95913
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1887, J. Kelly, W. Bay City
Specs : 73x19x6 67g 64n
Date of loss : 1899, Aug 6
Place of loss : at Harbor Beach, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : After having missed the entrance and foundered while attempting to enter harbor in storm, the vessel and cargo were declared a total loss.
Launched into Howe’s Slip, W. Bay City, and sank there in 1895, raised in 1897.
Sources : is,slh,h,lhdc,phr,vbs,nsp
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W.Y. EMERY
Other names : also seen as W. J. EMERY, above is official
Official no. : C71280
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, H. Dakin, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 104x25x11, 154 gc 154 nc
Date of loss : 1899, Sep 26
Place of loss : 1.5 mi off the mouth of Bear Creek, near Pultneyville, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 10
Carrying : soft coal
Detail : Foundered enroute Charlotte, NY for Kingston, Ont after springing a leak in a gale. The tug PROCTOR came to her rescue and saved the crew just as the ship went down. Master: Capt. William Mitchell. Registered out of Toronto
Some sources show her lost Sep 20.
Sources : mmgl,h,win,rp,jmk
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EMIGRANT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1843, G. W. Jones, Cleveland as a propeller brig
Specs : 118x26x9, 250 t. om
Date of loss : 1845, Oct 4
Place of loss : Avon Point, near Cleveland
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : iron, 200 t. coal, 100 t.iron nails
Detail : Upbound from Cleveland, she was reported lost on Avon Point in various sources. Owned by Pease & Allen, Cleveland. Master: Capt. John Munson.
One of the earliest propeller vessels, her engine was removed after only two seasons of service and she was relaunched as a brig, then lost the same season.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wl,wmn,bb,mbw
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EMILINE – See EMELINE
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EMILY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow-schooner or schooner, 2-mast
Build info : 1826, St. Clair R.
Specs : 54x15x5, 34 t.
Date of loss : 1830, Dec 15
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : St Clair*
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 of 12
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked in a gale. Part of her crew was able to make it to a nearby island, but could do nothing to save the remaining crew.
One of earliest commercial losses on L. St. Clair.
*also given as near Port Huron, St. Clair R.
This may be the vessel that the poem “The Loss of the Jules LaPlante” is based upon.
Sources : sol,h,hgl,mpl,wl
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EMILY
Other names : C
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 109 t.
Date of loss : 1852
Place of loss : at Grand River, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Wrecked.
Reported blown down and lost with all hands in the Nov 18 storm of 1842, but actually made it to port with minimal damage. Bound for Cleveland with wheat.
Sources : is(2-67),hgl,nsp
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EMILY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, J. M. Jones, Milwaukee
Specs : 65x19x6, 69 t om
Date of loss : 1857, April [third week]
Place of loss : between Milwaukee and Sand Bay, Wis.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : went missing
Loss of life : 5 or 6 [all]
Carrying : ?
Detail : The little schooner left Milwaukee on April 16th and was never heard form again. Among the lost were the owner and master Capt. Jacobson, his wife and at least three others.
One report puts this wreck on Lake Ontario.
Sources : hgl,wls,wmn,wmhs
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EMILY
Other names : sometimes seen as C. EMILY
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1850, G. Ford, Goderich
Specs : 52x12x6, 30 t.
Date of loss : 1862, Oct 4
Place of loss : near Sandy Island, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, 4 horses
Detail : Sheltering from a gale behind Sandy Island, she was beset by rapidly changing winds, which finally broke her chains and sent her on the rocks. The captain swam 1/4 mile ashore with a rope in his teeth, by which the crew were rescued. The horses later came ashore by themselves. Hailed from Owen Sound, but probably owned in Goderich.
She was reportedly engaged exclusively in the coasting trade.
May have suffered an earlier wreck on Georgian Bay in 1858
Sources : slh,hgl,wmn
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EMILY AND ELIZA
Other names : none
Official no. : 36582
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1878, Anspaugh Bros., Oak Harbor, OH
Specs : 78x21x5 64g 60n
Date of loss : 1910, Sep 9
Place of loss : Platte Bay, near Sleeping Bear.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cedar fence posts
Detail : She was wrecked near the mouth of Otter Creek while taking on lumber. Owned by the House of David religious sect out of Benton Harbor, Mich.
First operated by Anspaugh Bros out of Port Clinton, OH.
Carries the official no. of unrigged barge, maybe built as such
Sources : eas,ssb,mv,nb,mpl,lotl
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RHODA EMILY – See CREAM CITY
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EMMA
Other names : none
Official no. : 8608
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1864, Chicago
Specs : 41x12x6, 21 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Sep
Place of loss : at Bay City, Saginaw River
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Document surrendered Dec 27, 1878, annotated “burned in 1870.”
Lhl gives year as 1878, probably in error.
Sources : phr,lhl,nsp
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EMMA
Other names : none
Official no. : 135607
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1882, Sand Beach, MI
Specs : 37x11x3, 11 gt 10nt
Date of loss : 1896
Place of loss : Blue Point, S end of Lake
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Several newspaper articles of 1890 refer to her as a “former opium smuggler,” and she was also involved in a piracy case in 1894.
Sources : slh,phr,polk,mv,hgl.jb,nsp
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EMMA
Other names : none
Official no. : C100946
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1894, A. Morrill, Collingwood, Ont., as a tug or yacht
Specs : 89x18x7 146gc 94nc
Date of loss : 1912, Jul 3
Place of loss : near Sister Rock Light, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : passengers
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Reg out of Toronto
Rebuilt and enlarged from 86×13, 76 t. in 1901
Sources : win,slh,h,lhdc,csv,mmgl,do,hcgl
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EMPEROR
Other names : formerly schooner LEOPARD, renamed before 1864
Official no. : 8500
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1853, Port Dover, Ont.
Specs : 148 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov (2 or 18)
Place of loss : near Outer Range Light, Oswego
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Came to anchor off Oswego, where she had been bound from Port Hope, Ont. Her cable parted and she came ashore, a total wreck.
Out of Oswego, sold U.S. before 1869
Major repairs in 1862
Sources : mv,wmn,wl
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EMPEROR
Other names : none
Official no. : C126654
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1911, Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ont. hull28
Specs : 504x56x31 7031gc 5408nc
Date of loss : 1947, Jun 4
Place of loss : Canoe Rocks, Isle Royale
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : navigational error
Loss of life : 12 of 31
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Port Arthur for Ashtabula, she piled into a reef and broke in two, foundering quickly. 19 crew were saved by USCG cutter KIMBALL. Bow section is a popular dive target. Two bodies were found in the engine room in 1976.
Owned by Canada Steamship at time of loss, built for James Playfair.
Sources : mmgl,glp,irs,gwgl,lss,sol,ns4,h,csv,tv,win,mpl,hcgl
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EMPIRE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : bark, wood, 3-mast, lumber*
Build info : 1847, Niagara, Ont.
Specs : 350 t.
Date of loss : 1857, May 4
Place of loss : Marblehead, near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 11 of 13
Carrying : shaped timbers plus 2 horses at the winch
Detail : Bound Toledo for Tonawanda, she tried to make the lee of Kelley’s Island in a heavy gale. Broached to and went out of control after her sails were ripped out. She was driven on reef near shore, capsized and broke up. Her crew took to her rigging after the yawlboat was smashed. The local lighthouse keeper and a volunteer crew rowed through the gale to reach her crew, but could only save two. One of the horses, an aged winch horse, made it to shore. Hailed from Port Dover, Ont. and owned by Henry Waters of Chatham, Ont. Master: Capt. Alexander Milligan.
*Shows on one 1854 list as a 4-mast schooner!
Sources : is,ledc,hgl,nsp,clu not in mmgl
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EMPIRE
Other names : none
Official no. : 8559
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger and package freight*
Build info : 1844, G. W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs : 253x33x14, 1136 t.
Date of loss : 1870, Nov 16
Place of loss : S of base of Long Point, near Port Rowan, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 14
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Buffalo, she sprang a leak and was run ashore in a gale near Port Rowan. Her hull reportedly split lengthwise shortly after she struck, and she was quickly pounded to matchwood. She had the brand-new canal boat F. P. SEARS (qv) and probably the barge GLAD TIDINGS in tow. Out of Detroit. Master: Capt. C. W. Gray.
Broke in two in a storm, Jun 22, 1865. Recovered.
Reportedly the 1st American-built vessel over 1000 t.
*built as a sidewheel steamer, converted to barge in 1862 and to this prop in 1870.
Sources : eas,is,h,lc,lhl,win,hgl,mpl,nsp,rnc,hcgl
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EMPIRE CONGRESS – See FRANCISCO MORAZAN
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EMPIRE FALSTAFF – See MONROVIA
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EMPIRE STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7816
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1862, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. Rebuild of 1853 vessel EMPRESS.
Specs : 132x30x12, 318 t.
Date of loss : 1877, Nov 8
Place of loss : on North Point, Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : Bound Marquette for Cleveland, she ran into a storm shortly after leaving Thunder Bay, went ashore and was completely destroyed. Three off-duty lifesavers, windbound while returning to Thunder Bay Island from Alpena, borrowed a fishing boat and rescued her crew. Owned out of Cleveland by J. D. Bothwell.
Sold U.S. before 1864. Rebuilt from a bark to a schooner in 1874 at Hitchcock’s yard, Saginaw
One report gives location as Lake Erie.
Sources : nsp,stb,slh,h,hgl,usls
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EMPIRE STATE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7295
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1854*, Geo. S. Weeks, Buffalo as a brig
Specs : 131x29x13, 299g 284n
Date of loss : 1891, Aug 30
Place of loss : near Cheboygan, Mich
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : shingles
Detail : Beached near Cheboygan in a squall, then pulled off and towed into the harbor a few days later. There she sank in 14 feet of water. On the 3rd of Sep she was described as a total loss, along with much of her cargo. Owned by Marinette Barge Line, of Chicago.
Built as a brig, converted to a schooner before 1884, then to a barge about 1889.
*Officially given as 1852, but contemporary artcles give ’54.
Sources : nsp,hr,mv
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EMPIRE STATE
Other names : built as SYLVAN STREAM, renamed 1893
Official no. : 22795
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1863, T. Collyer & Co., Athens, NY
Specs : 157x27x8 380g 271n
Date of loss : 1903, Jun 25
Place of loss : Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her layup dock, where she had been tied up since 1901.
Had been a St. Lawrence River steamer before layup.
Machinery recovered in October, 1903.
Sources : ns1,mv,nsp,mpl
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EMPRESS
Other names : built as NEW ERA, renamed in 1862
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1849, Thurston & Gildersleeve, Kingston, Ont.
Specs : 172x23x9, 263 t.
Date of loss : 1868, Mar 18
Place of loss : at Kingston, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cordwood?
Detail : Heavily damaged or destroyed by fire while lying at Gildersleeve’s wharf, a $15,000 loss. The hulk was considered a serious detriment to Kingston harbor until it was finally refloated and machinery removed in Oct, 1870, but it is not known if she was ever rebuilt. Salvage was done by D. Calvin of Garden I.
Owned by Owen Lynch & Chas. DeWitt, Beauharnois.
Rebuilt, 1862, major repairs in ‘59
Sources : clu,is(4-65),csv,hgl,mmgl,rsl,nsp,rnc,wmn
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EMPRESS OF INDIA – See FRONTIER
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EMUE
Other names : often seen as EMEU, EMU
Official no. : 7311
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1856, Merry & Gay, Milan, OH
Specs : 122x25x11, 234gt. [291 t. om]
Date of loss : 1888, May 3
Place of loss : Port Austin Reef, 400 ft. W of the lighthouse
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound East Tawas for Cleveland, she struck the reef and foundered in a gale, she was initially scuttled to keep her from going to pieces. She resisted salvage and was declared a total loss, May 9. Though several sources say 6 lives were lost, her crew was rescued by the Grindstone City Lifesaving Service men. Out of Sandusky, OH, owned by Baker, et al, Detroit.
Also sank in Tawas Bay in 1875 and was sunk in a collision off Sand Beach, Lake Huron, in 1868.
Not in ’69 mvus
Major repair in 1863
Sources : mv,nsp,slh,h,wb,hgl,usls,ec,oo,mr
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BERTHA ENDRESS
Other names : also seen as BETHA ENDRESS
Official no. : C71229
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood
Build info : 1876, Two Rivers, WI [US#3013]
Specs : 45x11x5, 31gc 23n
Date of loss : 1891, Sep 29
Place of loss : Whitefish Bay off Pt. Iroquois
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 [all]
Carrying : machinery
Detail : Bound Soo, Ont. for Michipicoten Isl. with machinery for the mine there, she sank in a storm. The sons of two of the owners of the Michipicoten Mine were among the lost.
Sold Canadian in 1889.
Sources : lssc,gwgl,nsp,mmgl(as “Bertha Enoress”),mpl
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C.W. ENDRESS – See MACK JEAN
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ORA ENDRESS – See SOUTH SHORE
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ENERGY
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1854, B.B. & F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 196 t.
Date of loss : 1854, Oct 5
Place of loss : Little Traverse Bay, near the site of Petoskey, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : wheat
Detail : Bound Kenosha for Buffalo on the return trip of her very first voyage, she shifted her cargo in a storm, went out of control and drove ashore. The crew climbed the rigging as she went down and all but one were later rescued by a group of Indians encamped nearby. Owned by Niles & Wheeler of Buffalo and D.O. Dickinson of Waukegan, IL. Master: Capt. William White(d).
Abandoned as a total loss, but purchased as a wreck and finally recovered in October, 1855. Gone by 1864.
Sources : nsp,hgl,rsl,mbw
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JOSEPH M. ENRIGHT – Entry regarding 1885 collision deleted – vessel was recovered, had another collision in 1886, and sailed a few more years
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ENTERPRISE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : scow or scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : (1854, J. Roche, Port Huron, MI or 1858, J. Holler, Detroit)
Specs : (64x19x6, 56 t. or 55x15x3, 22 t.)
Date of loss : 1861, Nov 21
Place of loss : near Bark Shanty, tip of Michigan’s “thumb”
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : She drove ashore in a gale and was pounded to pieces. Her outfit was salvaged a few days later.
Sources : slh,hgl,wl,nsp
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ENTERPRISE
Other names : none
Official no. : C72983*
Type at loss : propeller, wood, steambarge [former passenger & package freight]
Build info : 1874, (A. Trerice or J.Simpson), Dresden, Ont.
Specs : 120x25x9, 197gc 137nc
Date of loss : 1883, Dec 10
Place of loss : off Pointe Aux Barques
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 14
Carrying : none [had just been lightered]
Detail : She had stranded near Cockburn Island, in northern Lake Huron November 20, and had been recovered by Detroit wreckers. While on her way to Detroit in tow of the tug BALIZE, she suddenly foundered, killing most of the wrecking crew left aboard her, as well as part of the ENTERPRISE’s original crew. Out of Wallaceburg, owned by McClennan, Port Arthur. Master: Capt. John Williams.
*originally had #C71102, but that number was given to the tug JAMES G. HARPER in about 1878.
Sources : mmgl,slh,h,csv,win,polk,hgl,es,nsp
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ENTERPRISE
Other names : none
Official no. : 88522
Type at loss : “excursion barge,” wood (reportedly constructed of pine)
Build info : 1885, J. Wakeham, Hamilton, Ont.
Specs : 38x15x2, 24gc 24nc
Date of loss : 1885, Oct 1
Place of loss : Becket’s Wharf, Burlington Bay near Hamilton
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : This small vessel burned to a total loss, along with the tug SHAMROCK(qv), in a dockside fire.
Barge and tug were both owned by John Wakeham.
Sources : mmgl,win,ib
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ENTERPRISE
Other names : none
Official no. : C83143
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1864, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines, Ont. (A. Muir, Port Dalhousie also given)
Specs : 177x28x12, 620gc 400nc
Date of loss : 1894, Sep 13
Place of loss : North Point, N side of Thunder Bay, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 27,000 bu wheat
Detail : Bound Ft. William to Kingston Ont., she struck bottom, broke in two and sank in a SE gale. Her crew of 13 was taken off by the USLS. Owned out of St. Catharine’s Ont.
Later sold off the beach and recovered by Americans and rebuilt as the American bottom NORSEMAN in 1894-5.
Rebuilt in 1881, reduced from 1047 t. to 915, given official number at that time.
Scuttled for age in 1912
Stmbge ENTERPRISE {US 135979} also shown as “lost ’94, Lake Huron.”
Sources : clu,slh,h,lhdc,csv,lhl,jb
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ENTERPRISE
Other names : ?
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1903
Place of loss : Georgian Bay, near Barrie Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered, no detail
(Several small Canadian schooners of this name at this time)
Sources : slh
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EQUATOR
Other names : none?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1842, W.S. Lyon, Charleston [Black R.], OH
Specs : 85x20x9, 132 t. [om]
Date of loss : 1843, Sep 23
Place of loss : off Conneaut, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : flour
Detail : Downbound Detroit for Buffalo, she collided at night with the steamer ROCHESTER and sank. She may have been at least partially recovered,for an article says that part of her cargo was “taken off.” Out of Detroit
Sources : nsp,hgl,hr,wl,mbw
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EQUATOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 7233
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk & package freight
Build info : 1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 184x31x12, 621 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 18
Place of loss : off North Manitou Isl, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : RR ties,salt,apples
Detail : She had been trying to pull schooner SOUTHWEST off reef when she foundered in a gale in relatively shallow water. Owned by Belle City Line. She was thought to be unsalvagable, but was refloated in 1870. Her hull was extensively rebuilt and became the barge ELDORADO(qv) in 1871, while her engine was used in the tug BISMARK.
Sister of steamer EQUINOX(qv).
Sources : eas,lhl,mv,sol,lmdc,nsp,nb,hgl,wl,mdwl
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EQUINOX
Other names : none
Official no. : 7232
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1857, F.N. Jones, Buffalo
Specs : 184x31x12, 870 t.
Date of loss : 1875, Sep 10
Place of loss : about 8 mi off Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 25 of 26
Carrying : barrelled salt
Detail : Foundered in huge waves while bound Sarnia for Chicago via Bay City with the lumber-laden schooner EMMA A. MAYES (qv) in tow. Went down quickly at around 1 a.m., just after the schooner was warned to cast off her towline. Passengers included the captain’s daughter and granddaughter (17 and 15 years old). The single survivor, her wheelsman, was picked up from the floating wheelhouse roof by the schooner HAVANA on the 12th. Part of the Pridgeon fleet. Master: Capt. Dwight Scott.
Damaged in a collision with the bark LAFRINIER on the St. Clair R. in October, 1870.
Rebuilt, 1874
Sources : mv,lhl,sol,lh,nsp,hgl,usls,st,mpl,es,wl
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ERIE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1836, F. Church, Detroit
Specs : 120x18x7, 149 t.
Date of loss : 1840, Aug 4
Place of loss : near Malden, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 1 or 6
Carrying : ?
Detail : Destroyed by a steam explosion in her engine.
Date also given as Mar 9, 1844
Sources : eas,hdm,lhl,is,nsp,wl
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ERIE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1837, M. Creamer, Erie, PA
Specs : 176x27x11, 497 t.
Date of loss : 1841, Aug 9
Place of loss : off Silver Creek, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : 100-175 of about 200
Carrying : household goods, merchandise
Detail : The steamer, headed for Chicago, carried hundreds of Swiss and German immigrants bound for the west. Caught fire four hours out of Buffalo after an explosion and burned to the waterline 6 miles offshore, then sank. Cruising along the south shore of the lake when the disaster occurred, she turned toward shore, but didn’t make it. The fire is thought to have started from a demijohn of turpentine that was loaded just above the boiler. This was the worst steamer disaster up to that time and occurred at almost precisely the same spot as the burning of the WASHINGTON(qv), which had been the previous worst disaster. About 30 people were saved by the steamers DEWITT CLINTON and LADY. Several weeks later, after a severe thunderstorm crossed the area, more than 100 bodies were picked up by the steamer ROCHESTER and a Revenue Cutter. Master: Capt. Thomas Jefferson Titus.
The many salvage attempts began in 1842. A lumps of melted silver coins were removed from her hull in 1852 and 1853, and when her hulk was raised in July, 1854, there was over $200,000 in melted gold & silver specie in it.
Reported to have exploded the steam chamber of her engine, killing 4 or 6, on Aug 4, 1840, near Malden, Ont.. though this is perhaps a different vessel (see above).
Collided with the anchored steamer DANIEL WEBSTER off Bar Pt. one night in September, 1839.
Image of vessel afire from GLMD
Sources : eas,is(3-73),glss,is,sol,hdm,lc,hgl,nsp,mpl,ewe
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ERIE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : steamer, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1842, Dec
Place of loss : off Mt. Clemens, MI
Lake : St. Clair
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Collided with an ice floe and sank while following in the wake of the steamer MISSOURI..
Location also given as off Port Huron.
Probably recovered and is vessel lost in 1844.
Sources : is(3-67),slh,hgl,nsp,rj,hr
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ERIE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sloop, wood, 1-mast
Build info : ?
Specs : “small”
Date of loss : 1843, Apr 25 or 26
Place of loss : off Michigan City, Ind
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : “lost”
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : flour, passengers
Detail : Bound Michigan City for Milwaukee, she was apparently sunk by a squall, as she was never heard from again. Some of her hatch covers and wreckage were found floating a few miles off Michigan City.
Sources : is(2-69),hgl,nsp
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ERIE
Other names : largely known as “LITTLE ERIE” as opposed to the larger sidewheeler ERIE lost in 1840
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger
Build info : 1836, Detroit
Specs : 121x18x7, 149 t.
Date of loss : 1844, Mar 9
Place of loss : at Detroit
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Caught fire and burned to a total loss. Her engine went into the new steamer ISLAND QUEEN, then into the steamer RUBY when the QUEEN was converted to a barge. Engine destroyed when that vessel partially burned at her dock in 1880.
Sources : nsp,lhl,wmn,hr
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ERIE
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1847, C. Chapman, Sandusky, OH
Specs : 66x21x6 71t
Date of loss : 1851
Place of loss : near Sandusky, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : no detail
Sources : www,hgl
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ERIE
Other names : built as the U. S. Revenue Cutter LEWIS McLANE
Official no. : 7487
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1833, Buffalo
Specs : 32 g
Date of loss : 1872, late Aug
Place of loss : off Marblehead, Oh
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound Cleveland for Detroit, she came to anchor off Marblehead, where she was overtaken by a storm. She foundered at her anchor. She was reputedly the oldest working schooner on the lakes at the time. After a long career as a revenue cutter, she went to Lake Michigan for use as a lumber schooner and later returned to Lake Erie homeports. Probably out of Toledo. Master: Capt. John T. Andre.
Noted in 1874 Merchant Vessels of the U. S. as “lost”
Sources : nsp,hgl,mv,hr
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ERIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 135271
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood
Build info : 1876, Buffalo Dry Dock, Buffalo
Specs : 75x17x9, 57g 28n
Date of loss : 1899, May 18
Place of loss : near Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fog
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck a rock and sank near VanBuren Point, west of Dunkirk in a dense fog. Reported abandoned to underwriters May 20. Owned by W. H. Hill, Erie Pa.
Rebuilt in 1887.
Sources : jb,wmhs,wmn,hr,nsp
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ERIE
Other names : ?
Official no. : ?
Type at loss : scow or scow-schooner, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 23 t.
Date of loss : 1902
Place of loss : ?
Lake : ?
Type of loss : ?
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Shows on an official 1902 loss list as a total loss.
Sources : wb,h,mv
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ERIE
Other names : none
Official no. : 164176
Type at loss : dredge barge or scow
Build info : 1900, Toledo
Specs : 93x35x6, 186g 186n
Date of loss : 1936, Jun 2*
Place of loss : at Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Set afire by spark from welding torch, totally destroyed. Owned by Duluth-Superior Dredging Co., Duluth
*Also given as same date, 1935.
Sources : mv,eas,gwgl,is,lss,hr,mv
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ERIE BELLE
Other names : built as tug HECTOR [US# 11195] renamed in 1879
Official no. : C74068
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, wrecking
Build info : 1862, Peck & Masters, Cleveland, OH as a tug, later a passenger/freight steamer
Specs : 112x20x9, 221gc 111nc
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 21
Place of loss : at Kincardine, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : explosion
Loss of life : 4 of 12
Carrying : none
Detail : This large tug was destroyed by a boiler explosion while just south of the harbor, assisting the stranded schooner J. N. CARTER. The Kincardine lifesaving crew picked up the survivors. Her engineer had been running her at 100 psi, even though she was only rated for 65 lb. Her ruined boiler is still is still visible near shore at “Boiler Beach” near Kincardine. The CARTER had been blown ashore in huge gale of the preceding few days. Owned by Odette & Wherry of Windsor, Ont. Master: Capt. John Tobin.
Burned to the hull in 1879. Hulk sold Canadian and rebuilt by Jenking at Walkerville, Ont.
Operated out of Boston during the Civil War.
Sources : mmgl,slh,csv,polk,hgl,mpl,es,dg
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ERIE BELLE
Other names : none
Official no. : C73913
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1873, W. Pontine, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 136x24x10, 275gc
Date of loss : 1924
Place of loss : Near the Eastern Gap, Toronto Harbour
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : “sank”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Lost near Scarborough Bluffs
Was hidden from the Erie County, NY, sheriff dept. 1908-24, to prevent confiscation.
Sources : mmgl,ns3,tfgl
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ERIE ISLE – See WAUBIC
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ERIE WAVE
Other names : none
Official no. : C73917
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1882, G. Dow, Port Burwell, Ont.
Specs : 76x21x7, 72 t.
Date of loss : 1889, Sep 30
Place of loss : near Houghton Sand Hills, W of Clear Creek, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 10
Carrying : ?
Detail : She had been aground for a few days and had extra men aboard to help get her off, when she was struck by a storm and turned turtle. Most of those aboard were drowned. Master: Capt. Stafford(d). Owner: W. Y. Emery, Port Burwell.
Two earlier major accidents (one in 1885) also claimed the lives of crew.
Sources : mmgl,sagl,h,ledc,wb,hgl,sb,es,es3-2,wl
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ERIN
Other names : none
Official no. : C83142
Type at loss : propeller, wood, package freight
Build info : 1881, J. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs : 174x26x13 512gc 317nc
Date of loss : 1906, May 31
Place of loss : a mile S. of Courtright, Ont.
Lake : St Clair
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : coal
Detail : Upbound, she collided with the big steel freighter JOHN B. COWLE(qv), cut nearly in two and sank quickly. Master: Capt. Peter Sullivan. Owner: Thomas Conlon, Thorold.
Hulk later dynamited to clear the channel.
Lengthened 37 ft during a winter rebuild after a stranding on Lake Superior in December, 1884
Image from Walter Lewis collection
Sources : do2,ns1,h,ledc,csv,win,mmgl,mpl,nsp
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ERINDALE
Other names : built as the sidewheel tug METEOR renamed CITY OF OWEN SOUND when rebuilt to a passenger vessel in 1900. Given her official number and renamed ERINDALE in 1906.
Official no. : C107598
Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, iron, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1866, White, Sorel, Que.
Specs : 129x24x11, 754gc 444nc
Date of loss : 1906, Aug 6
Place of loss : at Bowmanville, Ont.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss at her berth. Fire may have been arson. Out of Toronto.
Some sources say she was wooden-hulled.
Sources : mmgl,ns1,csv,win
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ESCANABA – See also BALTIMORE
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ESCANABA
Other names : none
Official no. : 7319
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1866, I. W. Nicholas, Vermilion, Oh
Specs : 414 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Jun (17)
Place of loss : Gull Island Reef, Beaver Islands
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 850 t. iron ore
Detail : She was bound Escanaba, Mich., for Cleveland with ore when she struck the reef in heavy weather and reportedly broke up quickly. No effort was made to recover the vessel, and the next Bradley schooner bound for the iron country, the 3-master NEGAUNEE, was ordered to salvage her outfit. Owned by Bradley and others, Cleveland. Master: Capt. Bailey.
Sources : polk,mv,hgl,wmhs,nsp
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ESCORT
Other names : none
Official no. : C97010
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1894, Ross, Port Colborne, Ont.
Specs : 45x16x10, 40gc
Date of loss : 1907, Nov 23
Place of loss : 3 miles off the mouth of Niagara R.
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : passing error
Loss of life : 3 of 5
Carrying : none
Detail : On a dark night she and the tug GOLDEN CITY were racing for the barge BENJ HARRISON, which was to be the last tow to the Welland Canal that season. When ESCORT lost the race, she turned for home and ran afoul of the barge’s tow cable. The barge ran over her and she sank quickly. Master: Capt. Harry Dunlop (d)
Sources : mmgl,is,hcgl,hr,nsp
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ESPERANCE
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner or sloop, wood, trader
Build info : 1787, Trombley, Saginaw Bay
Specs : ?
Date of loss : 1842
Place of loss : Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a freak squall.
First vessel built in Saginaw Bay area.
Sources : slh,sbs,vbs
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ESPERANZA
Other names : none
Official no. : C80595
Type at loss : propeller, wood, yacht?*
Build info : 1876, Buffalo [US#135247]
Specs : 57x9x5, 22gc 11nc
Date of loss : 1907, Jul 30
Place of loss : off Cape Croker, Georgian Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Burned to a total loss.
Sold Canadian about 1880.
Registered out of Toronto at time of her loss, owned by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in the 1880’s.
One source calls her a sloop.
*Shows on U.S. registry as a steam yacht early in her career. Canadian registry shows her as a wood vessel, but U.S. reg. says she was iron. Probably built by David Bell, Buffalo, lakes’ pioneer builder of iron vessels.
rebuilt, 1889. Originally 52 ft.
Sources : slh,h,win,mmgl,mv,hr
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ESPINDOLA
Other names : none also seen as ESPINOLA
Official no. : 8792
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1869, P. Lawson, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 60x19x6, 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 Capt. Henry Peddendruck and commanded by him.
Far up on the beach at Muskegon late the previous fall.
Sources : h,usls,mv,wl,nsp,wmhs,hr
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ESSEX
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, (2-mast)
Build info : 1834, French Creek, NY
Specs : 100 t.
Date of loss : 1848, Sep 28
Place of loss : on N. Bass Isl.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : salt
Detail : Driven ashore and wrecked on the NE corner of N. Bass I., a total loss of $2,500.
Out of Oswego
Sources : hr,hgl,wl,wmn,wmhs
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ESSEX
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1860, Jenking, Windsor, Ont. as a sidewheeler
Specs : 81x19x8, 141 t.
Date of loss : 1886
Place of loss : at Sarnia, Ont.
Lake : St Clair R
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Burned to waterline below the railroad dock and abandoned. Later towed to Wolverine Drydock, where burning was completed.
Converted from a sidewheeler to a propeller during an 1877 rebuild.
Sources : clu,slh,csv,hr,glmd
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J.S. ESTABROOK
Other names : none
Official no. : 13667
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1867, D. Lester, Marine City, MI
Specs : 145x26x12, 280 t.
Date of loss : 1873, Oct 20
Place of loss : at Fairport, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber, shingles, wood products
Detail : She sheered out of control while entering Fairport harbor and struck the west pier, where she broke in half and sank, a total loss. She was towing the barge SOPHIA SMITH at the time, having left the barges ROBERT EMMETT, W. L. PECK, and INDIANOLA at other ports. Her machinery salvaged and installed in the steamer GLADYS in 1875. Owned by Wiggins & Turner of Saginaw.
Lytle list says she was lost in 1879, but has no detail.
Port Huron registrations show her lost at Toledo.
Sources : lhl,mv,nsp,phr,mpl
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HATTIE A. ESTELLE
Other names : built as MARY L. HIGGIE also seen as just 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 who were able to save part of the crew. Newspapers reported at the time that parts of the vessel’s hull which washed ashore appeared to be rotten. Master: Capt. D. Estelle(d).
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. She once carried a consignment of prisoners from Natal to Cape Town , South Africa, during the Boer War.
Major repairs, 1880, 82, 89
Sources : mv,eas,nsp,sol,h,lmdc,wb,hgl,sb,mpl,mv
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ETRURIA
Other names : none
Official no. : 136977
Type at loss : propeller, steel, bulk freight
Build info : 1902, W. Bay City Shipbuilding, W. Bay City hull #604
Specs : 414x50x24 4653g 3415n
Date of loss : 1905, Jun 18
Place of loss : 10 mi off Presque Isle Light, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Upbound, Toledo for Superior, WI, she collided with the steel steamer AMASA STONE in fog. Fatal damage starboard side abreast of #9 hatch. Many of her crew were asleep, but were still able to escape. The crew were picked up by boats from the steamer MARITANA. Master: Capt. John Greene. Built for Hawgood Transportation Co., of Cleveland and owned by them at the time of loss.
Sources : nsp,sbs,slh,is,ns1,vbs,mpl
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ETTA BELLE
Other names : also seen as ETTA BELL, ETTA BALL
Official no. : 8730
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1871, Dexter, NY*
Specs : 92x20x8, 94g
Date of loss : 1873, Sep 3
Place of loss : 8 mi off Big Sodus, NY
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : hull failure
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal (also reported as corn, in error)
Detail : Bound Fair Haven, NY, for Toronto, she foundered in deep water after springing a leak in good weather. Her crew abandoned in her yawl and was able to make it to shore. Owned by Hillaker & Wells, Dexter, NY. Out of Ogdensburg, NY. Master: Capt. Pelow.
Misidentified as “Isabel” in some reports.
*Built on an old Canadian hull, maybe the old schooner CHAMPION [built 1851, Oakville, and wrecked at Port Hope in 1869 or 70]
Wreck located in 200 feet of water in 2004.
Sources : wmn,nsp,wl,mv,hgl,hr,jmk
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HANNA ETTY
Other names : none
Official no. : 11287
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1864, Two Creeks, WI
Specs : 71x20x6, 60 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Aug 26
Place of loss : just S of Sheboygan, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 5
Carrying : wood and coal
Detail : Bound Manitowoc for Milwaukee., she sprang a leak, filled and capsized. Later driven ashore and wrecked by storm waves. Her crew attempted to make shore on their own in a ragged old yawlboat, were later picked up outside the harbor by the Lifesaving Service after drifting for several hours. Homeport at Milwaukee or Manitowoc.
Sources : mv,nsp,h,usls,bb,hr
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EUGENE
Other names : none
Official no. : 8213
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1865, H. C. Schnoor, Fair Haven, MI
Specs : 64x17x4, 40g 38n
Date of loss : 1890, Oct 22
Place of loss : Port Austin Reef, Saginaw Bay
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : oats, gen. merch.
Detail : Blown onto reef by a NW gale, later broke up in place.
Owned out of Swan Creek, MI
Dismasted and wrecked by a gale in November, 1865, while on a wreking operation over the schr CORNWELL at East Sister Isl, Lake Erie.
Sources : mv,eas,slh,h,lhdc,usls,wb,hgl,sb,nsp
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EUNICE ANN – See ELM CITY
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EUPHEMIA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1852, Wm. Jenny, Mt. Clemens, MI
Specs : 81x22x3, 52 t.
Date of loss : 1859, May 26
Place of loss : just outside harbor at Holland, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 of 7
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She capsized in a gale at the mouth of the harbor. During the night of the 26-27th, the crew were washed off her one by one, until just one remained. Master: Capt. Frederick Claussen(d).
Sources : nsp,hgl,rnc
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EUPHRATES
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1856, Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo*
Specs : 178x30x12, 587 t. om
Date of loss : 1862, May
Place of loss : mouth of Sandusky Bay, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : “wrecked”
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : No detail. Salvagers attempted to raise her late in the month, but by that time she was nearly broken up.
Machinery later salvaged. Owned by B. & T. Transportation Co., Buffalo, worth about $26,000.
Date also given as Jul, 1862, but a newspaper account shows her broken up completely and declared a total loss May 23, 1862.
*Builder also given as F. N. Jones. She was probably a twin of the steamer ARAXES(qv).
Sources : eas,www,lhl,hgl,nsp,wl,umr
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EUREKA – See also CANADA
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EUREKA
Other names : none
Official no. : 7332
Type at loss : sloop, wood
Build info : ?
Specs : 10 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Oct
Place of loss : off Au Sable, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : ashore and total loss, no detail.
Hailed from Bay City
This is only sloop of this name in mvus
Sources : mv,slh,hgl,mdwl
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EUREKA
Other names : none
Official no. : 8984
Type at loss : propeller, wood
Build info : 1854, Newport, MI
Specs : 199 g. [240 t. om]
Date of loss : 1873, Oct
Place of loss : Michigan City, Ind.
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Thrown into shallow water and wrecked.
Sources : lmdc,mv,lhl
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EUREKA
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1858, Little, Wilson, Ont.
Specs : 211 t.
Date of loss : 1883, Nov 26
Place of loss : Pigeon Isl., E end of the Lake
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : She was abandoned in a storm in a sinking condition and foundered just off the island.
Out of Montreal, owned by J. Donnelly
Major repairs in 1873, 78 and 81.
Sources : win,clu,nsp,h,polk,hgl not in mmgl
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EUREKA
Other names : none
Official no. : 8894
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1873, A. Turner, Trenton, MI
Specs : 138 x26x12, 330g 313n
Date of loss : 1886, Oct 20
Place of loss : 5 miles off Vermilion Point, MI
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 6 [all]
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : She became separated from the 3-barge tow of the steamer PRENTICE and disappeared into the gale. PRENTICE waited in vain for her to sail into Whitefish Bay. Her masts were discovered sticking out of the lake on the 23rd. Owned by David C. Whitney of Detroit. Master: Capt. Cartwright (d)
Major repairs, 1883.
Divers found her in 1983.
Sources : mv,nsp,is(4-73),lssc,gwgl,is,h,lss,wb,hgl,usls,mpl,hr
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EUREKA
Other names : built as Canadian propeller CANADA, renamed SCHILDE in 1893, last name in 1896
Official no. : 116578
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight
Build info : 1872, A. Robertson, Hamilton, Ont. as a propeller [C#100392]
Specs : 140x26x12, 338g 329n*
Date of loss : 1901, Nov 7
Place of loss : between Tawas City and Port Huron
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : lumber
Detail : She waterlogged and foundered in gale. The crew took to a makeshift raft and were saved except mate’s wife, who died of exposure. The raft and wreckage of the ship washed up near Kincardine, Ont. Master: Capt. Henry Hughes. Owner: Elizabeth Ragan, Port Huron.
Built as a passenger & package freight propeller, gutted by fire Oct, 1892 at Port Huron, hulk sold US and rebuilt as a schooner-barge. Normal rebuild in 1893 as well.
*originally143x24x13, 267t
Sources : slh,is,h,lhdc,phr,win,mmgl,mpl,mv,jmk
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EUROPA
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1857, D. O’Conner, Buffalo
Specs : 392 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Nov 24
Place of loss : at Smoke’s Creek, near Buffalo
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : 17,000 bu wheat
Detail : She was driven ashore by a gale and pounded to pieces over the next two weeks, a total loss. Owned by E. K. Bruce, Buffalo.
Sources : nsp,wl
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EUROPE
Other names : none
Official no. : C none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1842, Brockville, Ont
Specs : 176 t.
Date of loss : 1856, Oct 14
Place of loss : at Chicago
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ? – worth $300
Detail : Anchored in the harbor at Chicago, she parted her cable in a storm and was driven on the breakwater. She quickly broke up in place. Owned by Smith & Wilson, Oakville, Ont., she was a $4,000 insurance loss.
Rebuilt in 1845.
Sources : blu[1856],wl,wmn,jm,hr
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EUROPE
Other names : none
Official no. : C85243
Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1870, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont.
Specs : 136x23x11, 628gc 395nc
Date of loss : 1884, Apr 19
Place of loss : Welland Canal near St. Catharine’s
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Almost totally destroyed by fire. Out of St, Catharines. Remains of hull later converted to a barge named REGINA(1886). Transferred to Montreal District and used there until broken up in 1907.
Rebuilt in 1883, given her official number at that time.
Sources : csv,hgl,mmgl,jb,mr
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EVA
Other names : none
Official no. : C83411
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1881, Bobcaygeon, Ont.
Specs : 72x14x5, 33gc
Date of loss : 1896, Apr
Place of loss : Lindsay Beach, North Channel N of Drummond Isl.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Destroyed by fire.
Sources : slh,mmgl,csv,hr
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EVALINE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7299
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1861, Litchfield, Blendon’s Landing, MI
Specs : 118x27x10, 236g 224n
Date of loss : 1895, Sep 26
Place of loss : off Kewaunee, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Sprang a leak in a gale and fog and foundered. Her crew was rescued.
Reported as bandoned, 1901
rebuilt, 1881
Sources : wb,mv,polk,hr
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B. EVELEIGH
Other names : also seen as BARNEY EVELEIGH, EVERLEIGH
Official no. : 2114
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1866, B. Eveleigh*, Sackett’s Harbor, NY
Specs : 138g
Date of loss : 1883, May 5
Place of loss : near the Point Pelee lighthouse
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : coal
Detail : Upbound from Cleveland, she was driven ashore in a gale and damaged. When a salvage crew arrived to try to save her they knocked out a bulkhead to get at the leak, but the result was that much larger hole was torn in her bottom, which was also heavily damaged behind the bulkhead. The salvager and her underwriters abandoned her as a total loss. Owned by James Doville, Cleveland
Rebuilt in 1882
*also given as Field.
Sources : nsp,hgl,wmhs,polk,ms
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EVELYN
Other names : none
Official no. : C100301
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1893, Lane, Sandwich, Ont. (or Goderich)
Specs : 68x17x9, 85gc 40nc
Date of loss : 1915, Jun 3
Place of loss : 1 mi SW of gas buoy, Byng Inlet, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : sunk
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : none
Detail : Struck bottom and sprang a leak, then sank.
Registered out of Windsor, Ont.
Sources : win,mmgl,h,hr
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EVENING STAR – former entry (1841) deleted – not enough information
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EVENING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 135025
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood
Build info : 1874, Crosthwaite, Saginaw
Specs : 181x33x13 498 g.
Date of loss : 1875, Sep 10
Place of loss : off Big Sable Point
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : coal
Detail : Bound for Chicago with her sister MORNING STAR in tow of steamer MENDOTA(qv) when struck by heavy gale. She and MENDOTA foundered while the other made it to shore. Crew escaped to Wisconsin side in a teriffic gale in her 15-foot yawl, though it took nearly 24 hours and some expert sailing to get there. Master: Capt. James S. Bennett.
When built the twin “STAR”‘s were dubbed “CHANG” and “ENG” after the Siamese Twins. Those names are sometimes seen on shipists.
Registered as a schooner-barge, but photos show her as a fully-rigged tops’l schooner of the typical Great Lakes type. She was built to be towed behind MENDOTA, though.
Sources : vbs,nsp,hgl
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EVENING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 8789
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1869, Hamilton, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 126x25x9, 214 g
Date of loss : 1894, May 18
Place of loss : Chicago Harbor
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Left Chicago the previous day but driven back by a storm. There she collided with schooner MYRTLE and began to come apart as she drifted in. Her crew was able to escape to the nearby shore before she went over on her beam ends. Remains pounded to pieces quickly. Master: Capt. M. W. Kilton; out of Milwaukee.
Sources : is,h,mv,nsp,hgl,wl
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EVENING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : C77777
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1882, John Thornburn, Ashfield, Ont.
Specs : 56x18x7, 52 gt.
Date of loss : 1894, Sep 9
Place of loss : Fisherman Bay, near Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : cordwood
Detail : Stranded and wrecked in a north’er.
Registered out of Goderich
Sources : mmgl,slh,hgl,hr
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EVENING STAR
Other names : none
Official no. : 201984
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood, fishing*
Build info : 1905, Chicago as passenger steamer
Specs : 70x14x5, 31g 26n
Date of loss : 1911, Nov 13
Place of loss : 4.5 mi N of St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : She was driven ashore in a fall gale after losing her rudder on the Wisconsin side and drifting all the way across the lake in heavy seas. She went high up on the beach and all but one of her crew were able to make it to the beach easily. The remaining survivor was aided by the Lifesaving Service. Out of Chicago. Master: Capt. Oscar Osmondson.
*1910 mv lists her as a steamer, but local newspapers say she was a gas launch
Sources : mv,l,lmdc,bcha
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J. EVENSON
Other names : often seen as JOHN EVENSON [even in photos]
Official no. : 76523
Type at loss : propeller steam tug, wood
Build info : 1884, John Evenson, Milwaukee
Specs : 54x14x7 33g 16n
Date of loss : 1895, Jun 5
Place of loss : 5 mi N of Ahnapee, WI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 1
Carrying : none
Detail : Sunk in a collision with the new steamer I. WATSON STEVENSON. The tug had taken the steamer in tow, got tangled in the line and was drawn across the big ship’s bow. She was rolled over and sunk in 300 ft. of water. Owned out of Sturgeon Bay, owned by Laurie Stone Co.
In 1897 plans were made to raise the tug, or at least her engine, but it is not known if anything came of them.
Sources : nsp,h,hgl,mpl,wgts,wmn
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EVERETT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1848, J.W. Johnson, Cleveland
Specs : 84x20x8, 119 t.
Date of loss : 1857, Oct
Place of loss : near Port Burwell, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : coal
Detail : Driven on reef and wrecked, a total loss of $3,300.
Sources : sagl,hgl,wl,hr,blu[57]
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A. EVERETT
Other names : sometimes seen as A.E. EVERETT
Official no. : 105919
Type at loss : propeller, wood, freighter
Build info : 1880, W Radcliffe, Cleveland
Specs : 212x35x17 1088g, 879n
Date of loss : 1895, Apr 30
Place of loss : 20 mi N of Pte Aux Barques, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : ice
Loss of life : none
Carrying : corn
Detail : Bound Chicago for Ogdensburg, NY, she was cut by early season ice and sank.. Went down in deep water. Her crew was rescued by the steamer EBER WARD(qv). Built for the Minch fleet of Cleve., and served in it her entire career. Master: Capt. George Kendall.
Sources : nsp,slh,mv,lhdc,wb,hgl
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MARY EVERETT
Other names : built as schooner SEREPTA, renamed in 1880
Official no. : C83156
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1865, J. Cooper, Wallaceburg, Ont.
Specs : 120x26x8 206 gc 197nc
Date of loss : 1903, Nov 18
Place of loss : unreported
Lake : Ontario
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered in a gale.
Owned by John Cooper, Wallaceburgh, Ont.
An 1883 list shows her built by Tait at Shannonville, Ont.
Converted from 2-mast to 3-mast schooner at Tait shipyard, Shannonville, Ont., in 1887.
Sources : mmgl,clu,ns1,wl
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EVERGREEN
Other names : none
Official no. : 8301
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1868, Holland, MI
Specs : 73x20x6, 68 t.
Date of loss : 1880, Apr 16
Place of loss : SE of Milwaukee
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 4
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Driven ashore by a spring gale while attempting to enter the harbor at Milwaukee. Bystanders got a line to her and her crew was able to come ashore on it. Later stripped and soon broken up by the pounding of waves. She had been bound Muskegon for Racine.
Homeport: Racine
Sources : h,mv,usls,hr,WLS
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EVERGREEN CITY
Other names : none
Official no. : 7240
Type at loss : propeller, wood, bulk freight “steambarge”
Build info : 1856, Peck & Masters, Cleveland
Specs : 193x28x11 624g, 554n
Date of loss : 1871, Nov 15
Place of loss : SW coast of Long Point
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber camp supplies
Detail : Driven on to Long Point by westerly gale, where she hogged and broke up. Most of her cargo and fittings were stolen over the winter while she lay awaiting recovery. Owned by H. Loud, Gay & Co. of Oscoda, MI.
She was recovered & rebuilt in 1872-3, but was abandoned at Buffalo in 1875 after wrecking at Port Maitland in the fall.
Major repairs in 1863
Sources : eas,h,lhl,win,hgl,nsp,mpl,jk
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J.W. EVISTON
Other names : none
Official no. : 75723
Type at loss : propeller fish tug, wood
Build info : 1872, McClelland, Milwaukee
Specs : 50x12x4, 16g 12n
Date of loss : 1897, Jul 20
Place of loss : at Duluth
Lake : Superior
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : probably none
Detail : She caught fire at her homeport and burned to a total loss. Owned by Adaline Smith of Duluth and worth about $1,000.
Sources : nsp,lss,mv,hr
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FRANK D. EWEN
Other names : none
Official no. : C130321
Type at loss : crane barge, wood
Build info : 1888, F.W. Wheeler, W. Bay City as a 3-mast schooner US#120710
Specs : 202x37x15, (882g 838n as schooner)
Date of loss : 1925, Oct 18
Place of loss : near Hedge Hog Harbor, Green Bay
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Stranded and wrecked.
Stranded with heavy damage near Tonawanda, NY in Sep, 1905. Sold Canadian the next year and converted from a schooner to a crane barge.
Sources : vbs,phr,
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EXCELSIOR
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : (1847, S. Ruggles, Milan, Oh)?
Specs : (112x25x10, 248 t.)?
Date of loss : 1862, Nov (1)
Place of loss : Claybanks Reef, near Port Stanley, Ont.
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none mentioned
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Stranded and a total loss, little detail. (owned by W. O. Brown, Buffalo)
Driven ashore at Pt. Abino in early November, 1861, and expected to go to pieces.
Sources : sagl,ec, wl,hgl,rsl,wmn
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EXCELSIOR
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : propeller, wood, river steamer and ferry
Build info : 1861, Lewiston, NY
Specs : 40x16x4, 28 t.
Date of loss : 1869, Nov 9
Place of loss : Saginaw R. near Portsmouth, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none
Carrying : none
Detail : Caught fire and destroyed while taking on wood. Owned out of St. Charles, MI by Samuel Hunt and used as a ferry among the ports of Saginaw, Carrollton and Zilwaukee.
The vessel is also reported – erroneously – as a small schooner.
Sources : slh,h,nsp,lhl,hgl,mdwl
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EXCELSIOR
Other names : none
Official no. : 7350
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 3-mast
Build info : 1865, H.J. Williams, Buffalo, as a bark
Specs : 156 ft., 374 t.
Date of loss : 1871, Oct 15
Place of loss : N of Thunder Bay Isl, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 8 of 9
Carrying : grain
Detail : Foundered in teriffic gale. Several crew floated off on wreckage, but only one of them was finally rescued and he was picked up on the Canadian side of the lake the following day.
Homeport: Erie, PA
Sources : nsp,stb,hgl,mpl,wl
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EXCHANGE
Other names : none
Official no. : C61141
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, J. Cusson, Bay City, MI
Specs : 73x16x5, 34gc 34nc
Date of loss : 1873
Place of loss : near Goderich, Ont.
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : (storm)
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : “Wrecked” no detail. Registration documents were surrendered in Mar, 1884.
Sold Canadian in 1871.
Sources : vbs,mmgl
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EXCHANGE
Other names : none
Official no. : 7315
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1857, Nicholas, Vermilion, OH
Specs : 138x26x12, 292 t.
Date of loss : 1874, Nov 20
Place of loss : Kelley’s Island
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : stone blocks
Detail : Stranded on the rocks while attempting to leave the harbor in heavy weather.. In May of ’75 the wrecker WINSLOW placed 6 steam pumps aboard her to bring her up, but abandoned the effort within a week. She broke up in a storm in April of 1876. Her remains were struck by the tug AMERICAN EAGLE out of Cleveland in 1885, causing heavy damage to the tug. Owned by Capt. Jas. Lawler of Sandusky, who had just purchased her that season.
Sources : es,wl ,nsp,ew
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EXILE
Other names : none
Official no. : 8183
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1867, Kelley, Milan [completed at Huron] OH as 3-mast schooner
Specs : 152x30x11 387g 368n
Date of loss : 1916, Nov 25
Place of loss : 7 mi S of Sturgeon Pt
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Broke towline and driven ashore, where she was pounded to pieces.
Location also given as, near Sturgeon Bay, WI, L. Michigan
Heavily damaged by fire at Cleveland in November of 1875.
Rebuilt in 1880.
Sources : eas,slh,lol,ns2,mv,mpl,nsp,hcgl
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EXPERIMENT
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Eliott, St. Joseph, Mich
Specs : 65x17x5, 82 t.
Date of loss : 1855,
Place of loss : near St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5 or 6 crew
Carrying : ?
Detail : Capsized in a sudden storm. Only survivors were a single crewman and Captain Nelson Napier’s wife and one of two children, passengers who were trapped in the air pocket under the upturned hull until rescued the next day by curious bystanders who hear the people inside and released them by chopping a hole in the hull. The vessel was later recovered and continued in use until lost in 1902! (see below). Master: Capt Jennings(d).
Sources : gs,wl,lotl
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EXPERIMENT
Other names : ?
Official no. : none
Type at loss : barge, wood
Build info : 1863, S. Malvin, Pigeon River, MI
Specs : 219 t.
Date of loss : 1866, Nov 21
Place of loss : 6 mi above Lexington, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : lumber
Detail : Bound Saginaw for Cleveland, she and her towmate SHERIDAN broke loose from their tug and went ashore. By the next day, both had broken up. Part of their cargoes was saved.
Also reported as lost in 1864.
Sources : mv,slh,sbs,hgl,nsp,wmn
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EXPERIMENT
Other names : none
Official no. : 7523
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1854, Elliott, St. Joseph, MI
Specs : 65x18x6 50g 47n
Date of loss : 1902, Sep 12
Place of loss : in harbor at St. Joseph, MI
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none of 6
Carrying : firewood
Detail : Wrecked and a total loss in the harbor by a SW gale. She had gone out of control after swerving to miss an unmarked construction crib. Her crew was rescued by the Lifesaving Service. Stripped and deserted the 15th. Owner: John Withey, Benton Harbor, Mi
Owned and operated by Capt. Withey of Benton Harbor.
An 1884 list shows her as a “wrecker” out of Racine [Norton]
Capsized with the loss of 4 lives on Lake Michigan near St. Joseph in 1855. Foundered near Manitowoc in 1864 and stranded at Sheboygan, WI, in 1869.
Rebuilt in 1884.
Sources : nsp,is,h,mv,mpl,hr,bcha,bbas
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EXPLORER
Other names : none
Official no. : C?
Type at loss : schooner, wood, 2-mast [yacht in use as a cargo vessel]
Build info : 1866, J. Waddell, Chatham, Ont
Specs : 48x16x6, 33 gt
Date of loss : 1883, Sep 4 [Sep 25 also given]
Place of loss : Greenough Shoal of Lyal Island, on Stokes Bay on the outside of Bruce Peninsula
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 5
Carrying : salt
Detail : She struck the rocks outside the harbor and went down. Her crew were visible from shore clinging to the wreck, until the ship broke up and they were drowned. The wreck was later reported to have occurred “under suspicious circumstances.” She was recovered and towed to Port Huron for further disposition and was still lying there when burned to the waterline June 16, 1886. Owned by N. E. Lewis of Goderich, Ont. Master: Capt. Charles Woods.
She was scuttled with the loss of two lives in an insurance scam in 1867, on a reef near Bear and Flowerpot Islands. Her skipper, the only survivor, was drowned in the same area in a small boat two years later. There was great hue and cry over the validity of the story in 1882, when she was raised and found to have been weighted with rocks and had holes bored in her hull.
Sources : slh,hgl,mpl,do,es,wmn
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EXPRESS
Other names : none
Official no. : none
Type at loss : sloop, wood, 1-mast
Build info : 1828, William Willard, New York State
Specs : 42x15x5, 25 t.
Date of loss : 1835, Sep 28
Place of loss : at Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ? [cargo saved]
Detail : Bound for Buffalo, she struck the breakwater while trying to enter Dunkirk harbor, sunk, and over the next few days was pounded to pieces. Out of Portland harbor, NY. Master: Capt. William Cornwell.
Rebuilt, 1831.
Sources : hgl,wmn,wl,wmhs
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EXPRESS
Other names : none
Official no. : 7511
Type at loss : scow-brig, wood, 2-mast
Build info : 1864, C. Huntley, Sheboygan, WI
Specs : 126x30x9, 244 gt
Date of loss : 1878, Apr 19
Place of loss : 23 miles from Amsterdam, Wis
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none
Carrying : ?
Detail : Foundered following a collision in dense fog with the steamer JOHN A. DIX. The collision occurred at night, and the DIX cruised around for quite some time looking for her but could find no trace, and presumed she had gone on her way uninjured. The EXPRESS, however, had sunk and hour after the accident. Her crew abandoned in her boat and made it to Amsterdam, Wis, after a 23-mile pull. Owner: Chicago Lumbering Co., Chicago.
Sources : mv,sol,hgl,bb,nsp,hr
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