by import2 | September 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 At 03:00, the steam barge LADY FRANKLIN burned while moored near Clark’s dock, about three miles from Amherstburg, ON, in the Detroit River. One life was lost. This vessel had been built in 1861 as a passenger steamer and ran between Cleveland, OH, and Port...
by import2 | September 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 COMMENCEMENT (two-masted wooden schooner; 75 feet; 73 tons; built in 1853 at Holland, MI) was carrying wood in her hold and telegraph poles on deck from Pentwater, MI, for Milwaukee, WI, when she sprang a leak 20 miles off Little Sable Point on Lake Michigan. The...
by import2 | September 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1879 The tug URANIA was towing the schooner S.V.R. WATSON into Sand Beach, MI, at about noon when the schooner struck the tug amidships, cutting a hole in the hull and sinking her in three fathoms of water. No lives were lost. 1901 M.M. DRAKE was towing the schooner...
by import2 | September 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 The scow WAUBONSIE was launched at the Curtis yard in Fort Gratiot, MI. 1910 The BETHLEHEM (steel propeller package freighter; 290 feet; 2,633 gross tons; built in 1888 at Cleveland, OH) was carrying general merchandise when she went ashore in a gale on the...
by import2 | September 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 Mr. H.N. Jex accepted the contract to recover the engine and boiler from the MAYFLOWER, which sank in the Detroit River in 1864. He was to be paid $600 upon delivery of the machinery at Windsor, ON. He succeeded in raising the engine on October 12 and recovered...
by import2 | September 21, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 JOHN JACOB ASTOR (wooden brig; 78 feet; 112 tons; built in 1835 at Pointe aux Pins, ON, but precut at Lorain, OH) was carrying furs and trade goods when she struck a reef and foundered near Copper Harbor, MI. She was owned by Astor’s American Fur Co. She was...
