by import2 | July 4, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The wooden propeller freighter MAINE, owned by Northern Transportation Co., had sailed from Chicago and was on Lake Ontario when Fireman Orsebius Kelley stoked the fire at 20:00 and went to the porter’s room to get a lamp. When he returned, the boiler...
by import2 | July 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 The wooden steam barge MARY MILLS was launched at P. Lester’s yard at Marysville, Michigan. GRACE DORMER (wooden propeller passenger and package freight ferry, 71 feet, 66 gross tons, built in 1868 at Buffalo, New York) had just finished loading a cargo of...
by import2 | July 2, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 Before noon, several attempts were made to launch the barge AGNES L. POTTER at Simon Langell’s yard at St. Clair, Michigan. Nothing happened until 15:00 when the vessel moved about 100 feet but still was not launched. The tug VULCAN arrived at 08:00 the...
by import2 | July 1, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 CASPIAN (wooden side-wheeler, 252 feet, 921 tons, built in 1851 at Newport, Michigan) foundered a short distance off Cleveland’s piers. Some of her gear and structural material was salvaged in the spring of 1853, and the wreck was then flattened with...
by import2 | June 30, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1889 WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, a wooden rail car ferry, sinks in the St. Lawrence off Morristown after being swamped. One life is lost, but the ship is refloated and repaired. It was renamed MONS MEG in 1910 and served as a drill barge but was abandoned due to its age and...
by import2 | June 29, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1864 ALVIN CLARK (two-mast wooden schooner, 113 feet, 220 tons, built in 1846 at Truago (Trenton), Michigan) foundered in a terrific squall off Chambers Island on Green Bay. Two members of the crew were rescued by the brig DEWITT, but three lost their lives. In 1969,...
