1883
1883: LILLIE FOX [Built-1866 US-14650 by Daniel Fox of Black River(Lorain), Ohio] As LILLIE FOX was swept into Lake Erie and sunk by freshet and ice in Black River, Lorain, OH, on February 3, 1883. Final enrollment surrendered at Cleveland, OH, June 30, 1884, and endorsed \”vessel lost.\”
1899
1899: On 03 February 1899, the steamer GEORGE FARWELL (wooden propeller freighter, 182 foot, 977 gross tons, built in 1895, at Marine City, Michigan) burned while laid up near Montreal, Quebec. She had just been taken from the Great Lakes by her new owners, the Manhattan Transportation Company, for the Atlantic coastal coal trade, The loss was valued at $50,000 and was fully covered by insurance. The vessel was repaired and lasted until 1906 when she was lost near Cape Henry, Virginia.
1939
1939: LUTZEN came ashore in dense fog at Nauset Beach, Chatham, Mass., off Cape Cod. The vessel rolled over on its side with its cargo of frozen fish and fruit. The small ship had been built at Fort William, (now Thunder Bay) in 1918.
1940
1940: PEARSON [Built-1921 US-221417 by United Fuel & Supply Co. of Detroit, Michigan] Towed from Port Huron, MI, to St. Clair Shores, MI, in July, 1939. Caught fire on February 3, 1940, at foot of Balmy Lane and burned to a total loss.
1960
1960: In 1960, The Ludington Daily News reported that the S.S. AVALON, formerly the S.S. VIRGINIA, had been sold to Everett J. Stotts of Artesia, California.
1970
1970: The tanker GEZINA BROVIG sank 300 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. An explosion in the main engine on January 31 blew a piston through the side of the ship and it gradually sank. The vessel had been a Great Lakes trader beginning in 1965.
1981
1981: ARTHUR SIMARD [Built-1973 C-331747 by Marine Industries LTD of Sorel, Canada Renamed: LE CEDRE NO.1 in 1982 C-331747] As ARTHUR SIMARD: Grounded in St. Lawrence River, February 2, 1981, bound from Montreal for Seven Island with cargo of diesel oil, suffering extensive bottom damage. Part of cargo unloaded at Three Rivers, P.Q., and part transshipped in CHEMICAL TRANSPORT.
1993
1993: The former Spanish freighter MARTA, a Seaway trader in 1981, was sailing as b) PROSPERITY when it began leaking in a storm. The ship subsequently broke in two and sank with the loss of 5 lives. The vessel went down 120 miles west of Sri Lanka while enroute from Jordan to Madras, India.
1996
1996: An engine room fire aboard the C.S.L. self-unloader JEAN PARISIEN at Port Colborne resulted in about $250,000 in damage.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Max Hanley, Joe Barr, Father Dowling Collection and the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes.
