by import2 | August 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1862 B.F. BRUCE (wooden propeller passenger steamer, 110 feet, 169 tons, built in 1852 at Buffalo, New York, as a tug) was carrying staves when she caught fire a few miles off Port Stanley, Ontario, in Lake Erie. She was run to the beach, where she burned to a total...
by import2 | August 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1890 TWO FANNIES (three-mast wooden bark, 152 feet, 492 gross tons, built in 1862 at Peshtigo, Wisconsin) was carrying 800 tons of iron ore on Lake Erie when a seam opened in rough weather. The crew kept at the pumps to no avail. They all made it off of the vessel...
by import2 | August 9, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1850 CHAUTAUQUE (wooden sidewheel steamer, 124 feet, 162 tons, built in 1839 at Buffalo, New York) caught fire in the St. Clair River and burned to a total loss. In previous years, she had been driven ashore in 1844 and sank twice — once in 1846, and again in 1848. In...
by import2 | August 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1813 The U.S. Navy schooner HAMILTON (wooden 10-gun schooner, 112 feet, 76 tons, built in 1809 at Oswego, New York, as a.) DIANA), was lying at anchor off the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario with her armed fleetmate SCOURGE awaiting dawn when they planned...
by import2 | August 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1789 President George Washington signed the ninth act of the first United States Congress, placing management of the lighthouses under the Department of the Treasury. August 7 is now “National Lighthouse Day” in the U.S. 1844 DANIEL WHITNEY, a wooden...
by import2 | August 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 The wooden propeller tug TORNADO had her boiler explode without warning 4 miles northwest of Oswego, New York. The tug sank quickly into deep water. Three of the six onboard lost their lives. Apparently, the tug had a new boiler, and it had been allowed to run...
