by import2 | October 16, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1853 PHILO SCOVILLE (two-masted wooden brig built in 1853 at Sheboygan, WI) was carrying flour, wheat, pigs, and barreled fish when she encountered a gale in the eastern Straits of Mackinac. She was dismasted and drifted ashore, where she was pounded to pieces. Her...
by import2 | October 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 R.P. MASON (three-masted wooden schooner; 115 feet; 155 gross tons; built in 1867 at Grand Haven, MI) was bound from Chicago, IL, for Detroit, MI, when she struck a rocky reef near Waugoshance Point in the Straits of Mackinac. Water gushed in an 8-foot hole. The...
by import2 | October 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The LEVANT (two-masted wooden schooner; 91 feet; 115 tons; built in 1854 at Chicago, IL) was loaded with lumber when she was overtaken by a severe gale and went over on her beam ends off Sheboygan, WI, on Lake Michigan. The six-man crew lashed themselves to the...
by import2 | October 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 The tug E.H. MILLER had her boiler explode off Alpena, MI, while racing with the tug CITY OF ALPENA — both in quest of a tow. The ALPENA, who was ahead of the MILLER when she blew up, immediately turned around to pick up survivors. The MILLER sunk in minutes. The...
by import2 | October 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 At 03:00, the 76-ton tug ONTARIO caught fire and burned to the waterline while lying at Harrow’s dock in Algonac, MI. 1871 The grain-laden schooner PLOVER struck a reef near Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, put a hole in her hull, and sank in deep water....
by import2 | October 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1839 DEWITT CLINTON (wooden passenger/package freight side-wheeler; 147 feet; 413 tons; built in 1836 at Huron, OH) foundered off Milwaukee, WI, with the loss of five lives. She was recovered the following year and lasted until 1851. She and her near-twin ROBERT...
