by import2 | September 7, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 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...
by import2 | September 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 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...
by import2 | September 5, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 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 1896: The Canadian passenger ship BALTIC, built in 1867 as FRANCES SMITH, burned at the...
by import2 | September 4, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 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...
by import2 | September 3, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 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...
by import2 | September 2, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1851 1851: BUNKER HILL (wooden sidewheeler; 154 feet; 457 tons; built in 1835 at Black River, OH) burned to a total loss at Tonawanda, NY. 1896 1896: The COLONEL ELLSWORTH (wooden schooner; 138 feet; 319 gross tons; built in 1861 at Euclid, OH, as a bark) was...
