by import2 | July 16, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1861 CATARACT (wooden propeller, 15 feet, 352 tons, built in 1852 at Buffalo) caught fire 5 miles off Erie, Pennsylvania. She became an inferno astern in just a few minutes, and this prevented her boats from being launched. Four died. Some were saved by clinging to...
by import2 | July 15, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, July 14, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | July 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 1871: An argument between Captain James Bradley and Mate John Reed started while the schooner ROBERT EMMETT was docked at Erie, Pennsylvania, unloading iron ore. They were still shouting at each other as the ship sailed out of the harbor. In short order, the...
by import2 | July 14, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday, July 13, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | July 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1891 T.H. ORTON (wooden barge, 262 gross tons, built in 1873 at Buffalo, New York) anchored off Marblehead, Ohio, on Lake Erie to ride out a storm. She dragged her anchors and was driven ashore where she was declared a total wreck. She may have been recovered. Just...
