Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== MARINE DISASTERS on the WESTERN LAKES during the NAVIGATION OF 1871 with the LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, VESSELS BOUGHT AND SOLD, NEW VESSELS AND THEIR TONNAGE; ALSO, THOSE WHICH HAVE PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE, WITH A SKETCH OF EARLY MARINE HISTORY, AND VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS. --------------------------- Carefully compiled by CAPT. J. W. HALL, Marine Reporter at Detroit. --------------------------- DETROIT: Free Press and Job Printing Establishment. 1872 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -17- OPENING OF NAVIGATION AT BUFFALO FOR SIXTY-ONE YEARS 1807 - June 7. 1810 - April 30. 1808 - April 22. 1811 - June 4. 1809 - May 26. 1812 - April 25. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -18- MARINE DISASTERS ON THE WESTERN LAKES, 1871 1813 - April 30 1846 - April 11, steamer Unit'd 1814 - April 19 States Departs 1815 - May 1 1847 - April 23, steamer Chesapeake 1816 - May 16 arrives 1817 - April 24 1848 - April 19 1818 - April 21 1849 - April 11, steamer Sultana 1819 - May 6 arrives 1820 - May 6 1850 - March 23, steamer Southerner 1821 - May 19 departs 1822 - April 16 1851 - April 2, steamer Canada 1823 - April 27 departs 1824 - April 29 1852 - April 20 1825 - April 23 1853 - April 14 1826 - May 23 1854 - April 29 1827 - May 1, schooner 1855 - April 21 Bolivar arrives 1856 - May 2 1828 - April 1, schooner 1857 - April 27, propeller Comet Liberty departs departs 1829 - May 21 1858 - April 15 1830 - April 6 1859 - April 27, propeller Equinox 1831 - May 8, steamer departs Pennsylvania arrives 1860 - April 17, propellers Equinox 1832 - April 27 and Araxes depart. 1833 - April 23 1861 - April 13, propeller Queen of 1834 - April 8 the Lakes departs 1835 - May 8, steamer 1862 - April 6, propeller Eclipse Monroe arrives departs 1836 - April 27 1863 - April 7, propeller Equinox 1837 - May 18 arrives 1838 - March 31 1864 - April 14, propeller Acme 1839 - April 11, revenue departs cutter Erie arrives 1865 - April 25, propeller Missouri 1840 - April 27, steamer departs Chesapeake arrives 1866 - April 22, brig Paragon 1841 - April 14, steamer departs Chesapeake arrives 1867 - April 19, schooner Republic 1842 - March 7, steamer departs Gen. Scott arrives 1868 - April 11, propeller Canisto 1843 - May 6, steamer departs Fairport departs 1869 - May 1, propellers 1844 - March 14, steamer D. Richmond & Araxes depart United States departs 1870 - April 16, propeller Idaho 1845 - April 3, steamer departs United States departs 1871 - April 1, propeller Araxes having made one trip arrives each month to Detroit during the winter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -19- MARINE DISASTERS ON THE WESTERN LAKES, 1871 OPENING OF NAVIGATION AT THE STRAITS FOR NINETEEN SEASONS 1853 - April 17, name of first boat unknown. 1854 - April 25, name of vessel not given. 1855 - May 1, name of vessel not given. 1856 - May 2, name of vessel not given. 1857 - May 1, Northern Transporation steamer. 1858 - April 3, schooner Fred Hill sailed through 1859 - April 4, Northern Transportation steamer 1860 - April 12, propeller Buckeye first boat bound down. 1861 - April 25, propeller Prairie State first boat bound down. 1862 - April 19, propeller Prairie State first boat bound down. 1863 - April 19, propeller Maine first boat down. 1864 - April 22, propeller Maine first boat down. 1865 - April 19, propeller Montgomery passed up. 1866 - April 29, propeller Montgomery up. 1867 - April 22, propeller City of Boston down. 1868 - April 19, propeller Lowell down. 1869 - April 24, propeller Young America down. 1870 - April 17, propellers City of New York and Concord down. 1871 - April 2, propeller East Saginaw, with barge in tow, bound down. ===========================================================================