by import2 | November 18, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1842. 1842: On 18 November 1842, CHICAGO (wooden passenger & package freight sidewheeler, 105 foot, 166 tons, built in 1837, at St. Joseph, Michigan) was struck by a gale between Ashtabula and Conneaut in Lake Erie. She lost both of her stacks and became...
by import2 | November 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: The propeller JOHN STUART burned about two miles from Sebawaing, Michigan, at 9:00 p.m., 17 November 1872. She had been aground there for some time. 1873 1873: On 17 November 1873, the wooden 2-mast schooner E.M. CARRINGTON sank in nine feet of water at...
by import2 | November 16, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1869 1869: On 16 November 1869, ADELL (2-mast wooden schooner, 48 foot, 25 gross tons, built in 1860, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was driven ashore during a storm about a half mile below Bay View Pier near Milwaukee. Her skipper had every penny he owned sunk into that...
by import2 | November 15, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1867 1867: On Novenber 15-1867 the PORTSMOUTH [built 1853] stranded on Middle Island, Lake Huron, in heavy weather, November 15, 1867; broken up by gale weather, no lives lost. Was on voyage, Marquette, MI, for Buffalo, NY, with 418 tons of pig iron. Wrecking tug...
by import2 | November 14, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1879 1879: On 14 November 1879, C G BREED (2 mast wooden schooner, 140 foot, 385 tons, built in 1862, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was carrying 24,000 bushels of wheat from Detroit to Buffalo when she capsized and sank in a sudden squall near Ashtabula, Ohio in Lake...
by import2 | November 13, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: On 13 November 1865, CLARA PARKER (3-mast wooden schooner, 175 foot, 425 gross tons, built in 1865, at Detroit, Michigan) was fighting a losing battle with storm induced leaks, so she was beached 400 yards off shore near the mouth of the Pigeon River,...
