by import2 | September 8, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1860 The wooden passenger and freight steamer LADY ELGIN sank in Lake Michigan following a collision with the schooner AUGUSTA with an estimated 297 deaths. 1868 HIPPOCAMPUS (wooden propeller; 152 tons; built in 1867 at St. Joseph, MI) stranded in a storm off St....
by import2 | September 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 The launch of the 188-foot wooden schooner ELIZABETH A. NICHOLSON was set for 16:00 at E. Fitzgerald’s shipyard in Port Huron, MI. Just beforehand, a telegram was received at the shipyard from Captain Nicholson, the owner of the new vessel, which read,...
by import2 | September 6, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The wooden schooner ROSA STEARNS, loaded with coal, was battling a storm for hours off Cleveland, OH. The ship was driven on the stone breakwater at about 01:00 and was pounded to pieces. The crew jumped onto the breakwater and crawled to safety as the waves...
by import2 | September 5, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 The schooner CALEDONIA, wrecked the previous autumn near the Fishing Islands on Lake Huron, was raised and arrived in Port Huron, MI, under tow to be rebuilt. 1896 The Canadian passenger ship BALTIC, built in 1867 as FRANCES SMITH, burned at the dock in...
by import2 | September 4, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 CITY OF PORT HURON, a wooden steam barge, sank a few miles offshore near Lexington, MI, at about noon. She was heavily loaded with iron ore and sprang a leak at about 11:00. Most of the crew managed to get on top of the cabin, while two were in the forward...
by import2 | September 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 The 167-foot wooden propeller BOSCOBEL burned about 2 miles below St. Clair, MI. Three lives were lost. The ship was only about 2 years old and was in service of the New York Central Railroad, though owned by the Peshtigo Lumbering Co. of Chicago, IL. The burned...
