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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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -54- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- We are unable to present this department of our work complete, owing to the returns from several ports not coming to hand, and which alone has delayed us in the completion at a much earlier date. ASHTABULA SCHOONERS B. F. Wade, Julia Willard, Wend The Wave, Oneida, Jessie, Snowdrop, scow Vampyre. Total.......................7 TOLEDO STEAMER Cora Lock................................................1 PROPELLERS Buckeye, Lowell, Mendota, Saginaw, Edith, Wenona Mary Jarecki.................................................7 TUGS Farragut, Geo. R. Hand, Col. S. Payne, Lawrence, Rose, James, Bar, Wave, Isaac Newton, Robert Dunbar, Leslie, G. R. Wilson, Velocipede, J. M. Stevens, Dexter, Toledo ....15 BARK Cambridge, of Detroit...................................... 1 SCHOONERS M.L. Collins, Uncle Tom, John Jewitt, A. Lincoln, B. Crowell, Red Cloud, Norman, Russel Dart, Reed Case, Lyman Casey, Erie, Volunteer, T. B. Rice, Anna Maria, Valentine, Monitor, Ada Medora, E. M. Davidson, Northern Belle, C. Amsden, Idaho, T. Baker, L. L. Lamb, Sea Gull.....25 SCOWS J. M. Enright, Eureka, Enterprise, D. S. Wilder, I. M. Shell, D. Kelley, St. Joseph, Jessie, Highland Mary, M. Wilcox, Melissa..........................................11 BARGES Ajax, Forest Queen, Somerset, American Giant, Isabella, Geo. Dana, E. S. Catlin, Walton, Union, D. Morris, Margaret M. Burkhead..................................................13 ---- Total number of all kinds............... 73 BAY CITY PROPELLER Mayflower........................................... 1 TUGS Emerald, Wave, Nellie Cotton, A. Ransom, Annie Moiles, H. P. Smith, Witch Of The Wave, Uncle Sam, Coleman, Kitty Reid, Ajax, Little Eastern, North Star.................... 13 SCHOONERS L. Vanvalkenburgh, E. A. Mayes, St. Andrew, George W. holt, Post, Favorite, Rival............................ 7 BARGES St. Joseph, Globe...................................... 2 ---- Total.................................. 23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -55- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- BUFFALO The following is a complete list of vessels in and about the harbor of Buffalo, which have gone into winter quarters, including the tugs and small steam yachts, also including the two ferry boats yet in commission. The names were taken from the stern of the vessels: STEAM FERRY BOATS International, Wm. A. Thompson................ 2 SIDE WHEEL STEAMER Ivanhoe...................................... 1 PROPELLERS U.S. Revenue Cutter Gallatin, Vanderbilt, Potomac, Fountain City, Idaho, Plymouth, Mohawk, Sun, Philadelphia, Merchant, India, Japan, Bradbury, Thos. A. Scott, Antelope, St. Louis, Iron City, Wm. M. Tweed, Dictator, Gorden Campbell, Jas. Fisk, Jr., Olean, Elmira, Oneida, Orontes, New York, Toledo, Passaic, Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic, Cuyahoga, Buffalo, W. T. Graves, Dunkirk, Annie L. Craig, Colorado, Nebraska..... 38 SCHOONERS Mary Elizabeth, Helen Pratt, Lillie Pratt, Columbia, Emeu, Collingwood, Mechanic, D. Ferguson, Young America, Market Drayton, David A. Wells, Aldebaran, Twin Sisters, Arcturus, Imperial, L. J. Farwell, W. J. Whaling, Wm. Young, Chenango, Sweetheart, Harvest Queen, Miami, C. G. Breed, S. T. Atwater, A. Mosher, Chas. Hinckley, C. C. Cooper, Butcher Boy, Anglo Saxon, Constitution, Scotland, Lewis Wells, Dan Marble, Welland, Citizen, Lively, St. Paul, Gen. Worth, Oliver Culver, Berlin, Fostoria, A. Bradley, Lake Forest, Delaware, Amaranth, Barkaloo, Sardinia, Mary B. Hale, Cossack, Mocking Bird, A. G. Morey, Sophia Smith, Mary E. Perew, Annie Sherwood, Clara Parker, Annie Vought, Philo Scovill, Onondaga, J. B. Prime, Daniel G. Fort, Mears, C. P. Williams, Racine, Thos. P. Sheldon, Sam Flint, Watts Sherman, D. P. Dobbins, A. C. Maxwell, B. Parsons, AEtna............................. 70 BARKS Ogarita, S.V.R. Watson, City of Milwaukee, Lafrienier, John Breden, J. G. Masten, C. J. Wells, H. Bissell, C. K. Nims 9 BRIG Helfestein................................................. 1 SCOWS Wm. Vannatta, Rush........................................ 2 BARGES Samuel Ward, Globe, Venice, Robert Emmet, Detroit, Forester, Sunshine, Wm. Bookstaver, Hunter, Niagara, Marquette, Nellie McGilvra, J. L. Ketcham, Geo. D. Russell..................... 14 STEAM YACHTS Jake Miller, Lorelei, Nellie Booth, Leda, Jennie A. Sutton.................................................... 5 SAIL YACHT Eagle................................................ 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -56- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- (Buffalo cont'd) MISCELLANEOUS Enterprise, Despatch............................................ 2 STEAM TUGS International, Anna, Franklin, Bob Anderson, G. W. Gardner, C. W. Jones, George Maytham, J. N. Tifft, O. L. Nims, A. M. Ball, Frank Perew, Sarah E. Bryant, Clark, N. P. Sprague, Mary E. Pierce, R.J.I. Cooper, Jesse R. Souter, Jennie Griffin, Mary Laughlen, Compound, Jason Parker, Harlow Bailey, Oneida, C. F. Wadsworth, News Boy, L. B. Trowbridge, J. C. Anthony, General Grant, D. P. Dey, G. Candee, A. Covill, Dan. Boone, Itaska....................................................... 38 RECAPITULATION Side Wheel Steamers............................................. 3 U. S. revenue cutter............................................ 1 Yachts, steam and sail.......................................... 6 Propellers...................................................... 38 Schooners....................................................... 70 Barks........................................................... 9 Brigs........................................................... 1 Scows........................................................... 2 Barges.......................................................... 14 Tugs............................................................ 33 ---- Total taken up at Buffalo............... 177 WELLAND CANAL The following vessels are laid up for the winter at Port Colborne: PROPELLERS City of Concord, St. Albans, City of London, Mary Ward, 4 SCHOONERS A. Medberg, Gerrit Smith, White Oak, David Sharp, H. C. Cleveland, Onward, Comanche, George C. Finney, Ellington T. Sims, Milan, Elm City, C. G. Mixer, Russian, S. J. King, Acontias, Wave Crest, A. W. Luckey, Hoboken, James Scott, Bell.......... 21 BARGE Bay City................................................... 1 BARKS Hemisphere, Geo. Thurston, Prince of Wales................. 3 SCOW E. A. Dunham................................................ 1 TUGS W. A. Rooth, S. Neelam, C. M. Carter........................ 3 The following are laid up at Port Dalhousie: STEAM BARGE D. W. Powers......................................... 1 PROPELLERS Dalhousie, Acadia, East Enterprise, City of Montreal, Europe, America, Scotia, Brooklyn, Empire, City of New York... 11 TUG Lilly Clifford............................................... 1 SCHOONERS Albatross, Persia, White Cloud, C. H. Walker, James G. Magrath, James Norris, Havana, Amoskeag, Cecilia Jefferly, Jane McLeod, St. Andrews, Defiance, Lincoln Dall, John T. Mott, Wm. Lewis, Starlight, Maize, M. F. Merick, Maumee Valley, Queen of the Lakes, John Magee, Nevada.............................. 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -57- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- SCOWS Dutchman, Agnes............................................ 2 BARKS St. Lawrence, Laura Belle, Canada, Clyde, J. C. Woodruff, Bismarck, Wm. Home, Reindeer, Cecilia......................... 9 RECAPITULATION PROPELLERS.................................................... 15 SCHOONERS..................................................... 48 BARGE......................................................... 1 BARKS......................................................... 12 SCOWS......................................................... 3 TUGS.......................................................... 4 STEAM BARGE................................................... 1 ----- TOTAL.................................. 79 CLEVELAND The following is a complete list of the vessels laid up at the port of Cleveland: STEAMERS U. S. Steamer John Sherman, R. N. Rice, Magnet, J. K. White................................................... 4 PROPELLERS W. L. Wetmore, Old Concord, Tioga, Eclipse, Araxes, City of Boston, J. S. Fay, Northern Light, Lady Franklin, Ella Burrows, Michael Groh, Jacques Cartier................... 12 BARKS Massillon, Orphan Boy, Maria Martin, Emma L. Coyne......... 4 TUGS E. P. Dorr, Volunteer, Monitor, Constitution, A. b. Nelson, Annie Dobbins, Peter Smith, Standard, E. P. Fish, Levi Johnson, W. B. Scott, Wm B. Allen, Old Jack, L. P. Smith, S. S. Coe, S. S. Rummage, H. H. Martin, Clematis, Kate Williams, Eliza Fox, Wm. H. Pringle, Jay C. Morse, J. D. Dudley.................... 23 SCHOONERS Monitor, E. Fitzgerald, Middlesex, J. F. Card, S. J. Tilden, Summit, Goshawk, Richard Winslow, Frank Perew, Exchange, D. P. Rhodes, A. Bradley, P. S. Marsh, Grace Sherwood, E. C. Roberts, Midnight, C. J. Magill, Conrad Reid, E. R. Turner, Sea Bird, E. P. Ryerse, New London, Wm. Case, J. W. Sargent, J. L. Quimby, Algerine, Whirlwind, King Sisters, G. G. King, John F. Rust, Grace Murray, Wanderer, Correspondent, Saginaw, Gem of the Lakes, Fayette Brown, Marquette, S. H. Kimball, D. Wagstaff, Athenian, Homer, Colonel Cook, Fred A. Morse, H. J. Webb, Anna P. Grover, S. L. Mather, Kingfisher, Hippogriff, Golden Rule, Almeda, Levi Rawson, J. H. Hartzell, W. B. Ogden, John L. Gross, S. F. Gale, Wm. O. Brown, F. B. Gardner, S. A. Wood, Exile, Wm. Raynor, Jura, Traveler, E. Harmon, York State, S. S. Osborn, Watchful, Brunette, Forest City, Harvest Home, Sarah Jane, Preble, Cascade, S. D. Hungerford, Consuelo. 74 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -58- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- (Cleveland cont'd) SCOWS Lime Rock, Eagle, Fairy, Emery Bailey, Gen. Sheridan, Dan. Baker, Wm. Wellhouse, Mountain Maid, Juno, Buther Boy, H. G. Williams, Mayflower, Emma Blake, Thomas Richard, Mollie, Nellie Cochran, G. W. Duncan, Moses Gage.............. 18 BARGES J. McCullough, Geo. W. Bissell, Indianola, Ottawa, Emerald, Colorado, Ontario, Waurecan, John Ritchie, Mary Barter, Susan Ward, Table Rock, S. Clement, United, J. A. Hollon, Thomas P. Sheldon, Shiawassee, H. H. Hine..................... 18 YACHTS Phantom, Mystic, Allie, Mallard, Nettie................... 5 SLOOP Gazelle.................................................... 1 RECAPITULATION STEAMERS...................................................... 4 PROPELLERS.................................................... 12 BARKS......................................................... 4 SCHOONERS..................................................... 74 SCOWS......................................................... 18 BARGES........................................................ 18 TUGS.......................................................... 23 YACHTS........................................................ 5 SLOOP......................................................... 1 ----- Total................................... 159 MILWAUKEE The following are the names of steam and sail vessels which are laid up at this port. There are several vessels out, which will winter here: STEAMERS Andrew Johnson, Alpena, Corona, Muskegon, City of Toledo, Metropolis, Sheboygan......................................... 7 PROPELLER City of Fremont........................................ 1 TUGS W. K. Muir, G. W. Tifft, J. B. Merrill, American Eagle, Ida H. Lee, Dick Davis, E. L. Anthony, Robert Emmet, Ellen.... 9 BARKS Parana, Red-White-and-Blue, Lottie Wolf, America, Nelson Tanner, Vanderbilt............................................ 7 BRIGS Monitor, Mary.............................................. 2 SCHOONERS Three Bells, Winslow, Phalarope, Waucoma, Grace Greenwood, R. I. Skidmore, Lizzie Throop, Donaldson, Madonna, Wm. Aldrich, Elida, Col. Glover, Jennibel, Ida, Winnie Wing, L. M. Mason, Polly M. Rogers, Conquest, Walhalla, Buena Vista, W. G. Grant, J. B. Newland, Free Democrat, W. H. Chapman, W. W. Brigham, C. Harrison, Pride, Trial, C. S. Davis, Ardent, Spartan, Union, Tempest, Norma, Eva, Senator, W. H. Hinsdale, Illinois, Robbie Knapp, Angus Smith, Three Sisters, Josephine Lawrence, B. R. Lummis, Yankee Trader, Jupiter................................ 45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -59- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- (Cleveland cont'd) SCOWS Nellie Winlack, D. R. Holt, Sinai, Mendota, Selt, Hunter, Monitor, South Side, Crusader, Geo. Neville, Dan. Sickles, Maple Leaf, Mary Ann Scott, Alaska, Milton, Christe........... 16 RECAPITULATION STEAMERS...................................................... 7 PROPELLERS.................................................... 1 TUGS.......................................................... 9 BARKS......................................................... 7 BRIGS......................................................... 2 SCHOONERS..................................................... 45 SCOWS......................................................... 15 ----- Total.................................. 87 Waiting. The propellers MANISTEE and MESSENGER, schooners TOLEDO, LITTLE GEORGY and LEN HIGBY, and scow FLEA, are at the mouth of the river awaiting an opportunity to go out. The two last named are bound for Pentwater. In addition to the above the propellers MESSENGER and MANISTEE, tugs LEVIATHAN and BISMARCK, schooners NAPOLEON, JASON PARKER and TOLEDO, will probably winter here, bringing the total number of vessels up in the neighborhood of 100. ST. CLAIR The following water craft are laid up here for the winter: SCOW Emily, owned by F. S. Steele and Capt. W. Stone; schooner Maid of the Mist and the scow Liberty, both owned by Fred H. Blood; and the Ann Maria, Capt. John Armstrong ERIE U. S. STEAMERS Commodore Perry and Michigan...................... 2 PROPELLERS St. Paul, Oakland, City of Port Huron, China, Salina, Alaska, Annie Young, Raleigh.................................. 8 BARKS F. Morrell, D. A. Vanvalkenburgh, Favorite, William Jones, C. Jones...................................................... 5 BRIG Frankie Wilcox.............................................. 1 SCHOONERS Negaunee, T. S. Mott, C. P. Minch, Escanaba, Empire State, Gold Hunter, Southwest, J. C. Harrison, F. W. Gifford, J. S. Richards, Rio Grande, Seaman, J. E. Gilmore............. 13 SCOWS Mary Emeline, Ottawa, C. N. Jones, Jessie Conger........... 4 BARGE S. Gardner................................................. 1 ------ Total................................... 34 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -60- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- MARINE CITY STEAMERS Anna Laura, P. H. Birckhead, J. F. Rose, J. S. Estabrook, Bay City, Trader, Galena...................................... 7 TOW BARGES Dayton, A. Gebhart, Keepsake, Marine City, Empire..... 5 ----- Total.................................. 12 PORT HURON STEAMERS Milton D. Ward, City of Sandusky........................ 2 PROPELLER Lake Breeze............................................ 1 STEAM BARGES Henry Howard, Robert J. Hackett, Wyoming............ 3 TUGS Kate Moffat, Frank Moffat, Geo. E. Brockway, Gladiator, Rescue, J. H. Martin, Tawas, John Prindiville................. 8 TOW BARGES R. R. Elliott, Lester, Wolverine, H. & G., Gen Sherman 5 SCHOONERS C. A. King, Eleanor, Hattie Howard, Hattie Wells, Henry W. Johnson, C. G. Meisel, E. M. Carrington, N. M. Standart, Idaho, G. E. Purrington....................................... 10 SCOWS Lizzie, Industry, Kearsarge, Lillie May, Senator, Adain, E. F. Gain, H. Moore, T. S. Skinner, H. A. Lamars, Kittie, J. Hanson, Storm, W. R. Hanna, Christina...................... 15 ----- Total................................. 44 SARNIA BAY SCHOONERS Carlingford, Bentley, Prince Alfred, Hemisphere, James D. Sawer, Lydia J. Rogers, Mary Collins.......... 7 TORONTO We are indebted to Captain Courneen, Marine Inspector at Toronto, for valuable marine statistics; also for the following list of vessels laid up at that port: STEAMER Bouquet.................................................. 1 BARKS Thomas C. Street, Jennie Graham............................ 2 BRIG Baltic...................................................... 1 SCHOONERS Helen, M. Foster, Wanderer, New York, Eureka, J. A. McDonald, J. J. Allen, J. Jones, Australia, J. Lind, Netta Woodward, Canadian, Linnie Powell, D. M. Foster, Montezuma, Paragon, Heather Bell, New Dominion, Eveline, J. S. Clark..... 20 TUGS Lady Franklin, E. Hall, Ontario, Perry...................... 4 ----- Total............................... 28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -61- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- DETROIT East of Woodward Avenue STEAMERS Search, Surveyor, Northwest, Island Queen, John A Dix, W. R. Clinton................................................. 6 PROPELLERS Little Ada, Warrington, Haze, Clara................... 4 STEAM BARGES B. W. Jenness, Minnie, Petronelle, Detroit, Monitor, Dubuque, Burlington........................................... 7 STEAM YACHTS George Jerome, Mary Loreta, Glance.................. 8 TUGS Urania, Beaver, John Martin, Gen. Burnside, Vulcan, Stranger, Sweepstakes, I. U. Masters, Zouave, John J. Noyes, River Queen, Winslow, W. A. Moore, Ballantyne, Samson, W. Goodnow, Balize, Jennie Belle, Gen. McClellan, O. Wilcox, Quayle............... 21 BARK Superior.................................................... 1 SCHOONERS Emma Leighton, Morning Light, Trinidad, Tailor, Eagle Wing, Belle, Reindeer, Brooklyn, Mountaineer, W. H. Oades, Republic, Montcalm, Portland, Jane Ralston, Minnie, W. Grandy, Floretta...................................................... 17 SCOWS Reindeer, Ruffian, Newell Hubbard, Dreadnaught, Spray, Speed, Gen. Meade, Mechanic, Susan C., C. J. S., Improvement, Blue Bird, St. Joseph, Emma, Dolphin, Oak Leaf, H. T. Hyde, Julia, Iris, Rosa Lee, Pike's Peak, Aunt Ruth, American, Champion, Angelique........................................... 24 BARGES Baltic, Ocean, Saginaw, Windsor, Adriatic, Kenosha, Belle, W. Treat, Sam Bolton, Ketchum, Paragon, Table Rock, Dixon, Dreadnaught, Mariner.......................................... 15 SAILING YACHTS Dauntless, Humming Bird, Collins, Phaon, Lalla Rookh, Fleetwing.............................................. 6 West of Woodward Avenue STEAMERS Fessenden, J. B. Smith, Marine City, Jay Cooke, Huron, Eigth Ohio, Keweenaw, Gem..................................... 8 PROPELLERS Wenona, Phil Sheridan, Meteor, Benton................. 4 STEAM BARGES Gen. Sherman, Frankfort, Huron City, Neptune, Scotia, Colin Campbell, Josephine, H. B. Tuttle....................... 8 STEAM YACHT Grace Prescott....................................... 1 TUGS Hercules, Torrent, G. H. Parker, Hector, J. P. Clark, A. F. Bartlett, W. B. Castle........................................ 7 BARKS Kate Darley, Golden West, Alice, Summer Cloud, J. F. Joy... 5 SCHOONERS City of Tawas, Wyandotte, Hungarian, A. Boody, Theodore Perry, H. A. Richmond, Ironsides, Iroquois, John Weber, Iron Rail, Owasco, L. W. Perry, G. Warren, Truman Moss, C. Ellinwood, Alvin Bronson................................................. 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -62- MARINE DISASTERS OF 1871 VESSELS LAID UP AT VARIOUS PORTS ------------------------- (Detroit cont'd) SCOWS St. Stephen, Mary Hattie, F. L. Jones, Monas Isle, Louisa, Tom Lewis, Mary Amelia, Annie Miner, Julia Miner, A. C. Turner, John Gull, Loadstone, Mary and Lucy, Morning Lark, N. P. Hodge, Banner, Starlight, Sailor Boy................................. 20 BARGE Kentucky................................................... 1 SAILING YACHTS Hunter's Pride, Old Flick......................... 2 RECAPITULATION Side Wheel Steamers........................................... 14 Propellers.................................................... 8 Steam Barges.................................................. 15 Steam Yachts.................................................. 4 Barks......................................................... 6 Schooners..................................................... 33 Scows......................................................... 48 Barges........................................................ 16 Tugs.......................................................... 28 Sailing Yachts................................................ 8 ----- Totals................................. 180 At Windsor the tugs Gen. Grant, Bob Anderson, L. L. Lyon, G. H. Brady and Mayflower; Bark F. Siegel; Schooners J. O. Moss, Light Guard and Sweepstakes are laid up. FROZEN IN - The schooners S. Robinson, San Jacinto, Jessie Scarth, and the tug Minnie Hall, have been frozen in at Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay. The crews have returned home. ===========================================================================