by import2 | September 16, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 The 46-foot tug RED RIBBON, owned by W.H. Morris of Port Huron, MI, burned about 2 miles below St. Clair, MI. Captain Morris ran the tug ashore and hurried to St. Clair to get assistance, but officials there refused to allow the steam fire engine to go outside...
by import2 | September 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 A.J. BEMIS (wood propeller tug; 49 tons; built in 1859 at Buffalo, NY) caught fire while underway. The fire originated under her boiler. She ran for shore but sank about six miles from Alpena, MI. No lives were lost. 1873 IRONSIDES (wooden propeller...
by import2 | September 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 R.J. CARNEY (wooden barge; 150 feet; 397 gross tons) was launched at Saginaw, MI. 1872 The 203-foot wooden schooner KATE WINSLOW was launched at J. Davidson’s yard in East Saginaw, MI. 1882 The steamer ASIA sank in a storm off Byng Inlet, ON, on Georgian...
by import2 | September 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 The bark S.D. POMEROY was anchored off Menominee, MI, during a storm. Archie Dickie, James Steele, John Davidson, and James Mechie were seen lowering the yawl to go to shore. Later, the empty yawl drifted ashore, and then the bodies of all four men floated in....
by import2 | September 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871 After an extremely dry summer, forests were burning all over the Great Lakes region in the autumn of 1871. The smoke from these fires affected navigation. Newspaper reports on this date stated that 38 ships and four strings of barges anchored near Point Pelee on...
by import2 | September 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1876 The schooner HARVEST HOME sank on Lake Michigan while bound from Chicago, IL, for Cleveland, OH, with a load of scrap iron. She was about 26 miles off Grand Haven, MI. The crew was taken off by the schooner GRACIE M. FILER just as the boat was going down. 1883...
