by import2 | May 1, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1858: On 01 May 1858, OGONTZ (wooden propeller steamer, 343 tons, built in 1848, at Ohio City, Ohio) was purchased by Capt. A. E. Goodrich and George C. Drew for $5,600. This was the second vessel in the Goodrich Line. Just two years later, Capt. Goodrich had her...
by import2 | April 30, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1842: On 30 April 1842, the side-wheeler COMMODORE BARRIE collided with the schooner CANADA about 10 miles off Long Point in Lake Ontario. The COMMODORE BARRIE became disabled and then sank about an hour and a half later. Her passengers and crew were rescued by the...
by import2 | April 29, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 1865: On 29 April 1865, L.D. COWAN (wooden schooner, 165 tons, built in 1848, at Erie, Pennsylvania) was driven ashore near Pointe aux Barques, Michigan, in a storm and wrecked. 1875 1875: On 29 April 1875, the wooden schooner CLARA BELL of Sandusky was...
by import2 | April 28, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1856: 28 April 1856 – TONAWANDA (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 202 foot, 882 gross tons) was launched by Buell B. Jones at Buffalo, New York. 1875: The barge LITTLE JAKE was launched on 28 April 1875, at East Saginaw, Michigan. She was owned...
by import2 | April 27, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1876: On 27 April 1876, the Port Huron Times reported, “The steam barge MARY MILLS arrived up this morning and looks ‘flaming’. Her owner said he did not care what color she was painted so long as it was bright red, and she has therefore come out...
by import2 | April 26, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1859: On 26 April 1859, the wooden schooner A. SCOTT was carrying limestone blocks for a large Presbyterian church being built at Vermilion, Ohio. The vessel was driven ashore near Vermilion by a gale and was quickly pounded to pieces. Her insurance had expired...
