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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. =========================================================================== Annual Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1872. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872 PAPER G LIST OF DISASTERS TO SHIPPING UPON THE GREAT AMERICAN LAKES DURING THE YEAR 1872 -------------------- -687- JANUARY 21st. - The propeller MANISTEE, damaged in the Manistee River, by striking a wreck left by the fire in October last. 24th to 26th - The steamer IRONSIDES left Milwaukee for Grand Haven but compelled to return, being covered with ice. FEBRUARY Propeller FRANKLIN broke her wheel in the ice at Detroit. 8th. - Propeller IRONSIDES reached Grand Haven after several days' detention in the ice off that harbor. 9th. - Propeller IRONSIDES broke her wheel in the ice on Lake Michi- gan, there being more ice than ever before known on that lake. 10th. - Propeller FAVORITE broke her rudder in the Detroit River. 23d. - Barge SAGINAW sprung a leak at Detroit; 200 bushels of grain damaged. 26th. - Steamer IRONSIDES burst her cylinder-head on her passage from Milwaukee to Grand Haven. 27th. - Scow ONWARD, in Detroit River, cut through a mass of floating ice, and sunk in 20 feet of water. 29th. - Schooner LEN HIGBY drifted ashore near Milwaukee, having been abandoned by the crew at Little Point Sauble, damaged by ice; total loss. MARCH 2d. - Tug M. I. MILLS burned at Amhurstburgh, near mouth of Detroit River; damage $5,000. 3d. - Schooner JASON PARKER driven back by a gale from Ashnapee to Manitowoc, on Lake Michigan. Ferry steamer DETROIT broke her wheel on the Detroit River. 7th. - Steamer IRONSIDES detained by ice during a violent gale on Lake Michigan. Schooner CHALLENGE sprung a leak at Ludington, on Lake Michigan. Scow ELLEN DOAK and schooner JASON PARKER detained by ice several weeks at Manitowoc. Propeller MISSOURI, grain, injured by ice at Malden, causing a bad leak. Steamer MANISTEE aground at Manistee Harbor; goods thrown over- board. 17th. - Propeller IRONSIDES aground several hours at Milwaukee. Steam-barge EAST SAGINAW damaged at Centreville pier. 30th. - (night)- Schooner NORTH STAR stranded three miles north of Racine, in a snowstorm. Schooner TWO BROTHERS ashore south of Kenosha; crew jumped ashore from the bowsprit. Schooner C. L. JOHNSON damaged in the gale. Tug MARGARET sunk at Milwaukee. Scow ROUGH AND READY sunk at Toledo. 31st. - Propeller SAINT JOSEPH had her furniture injured by rough weather. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -688- APRIL 1st. - Schooners OCTAVIA, UNION, and TOLEDO slightly damaged by col- lision at Milwaukee. 4th. - Schooner J. AND A. STRONACH sprung a leak at Ludington, Lake Michigan; cargo discharged. 5th. - Propeller SAINT JOSEPH damaged by fire at Milwaukee. Propeller EAST SAGINAW ashore on the west coast of Lake Michigan. 6th. - Propeller IRONSIDES detained by fog on Lake Michigan Scow LAUREL, lumber, had her fore-boom broken at night. 8th. - Schooner HORTON ashore at Michigan City. 9th. - Schooner TEMPEST filled with water and capsized at Milwaukee. Schooner TOLEDO lost jib-boom at Milwaukee. Schooner WORTHINGTON lost jib-boom by striking a bridge in Cleveland. Barge AGNES PORTER aground at Milwaukee. 11th. - Scow CHRISTIE, wood, ashore on a rock, filled with water, on White Fish Point, north of Wolf River, Lake Michigan. Schooner TWO CHARLIES, wood, struck the south pier at Milwaukee, at 11 p.m., in a southeast gale, and capsized. Schooner NAPOLEON lost jib-boom by collision with the steamer CITY OF TOLEDO, at Milwaukee. Schooner H. F. HENRY, provisions, ran aground at night on Fighting Island, in the Detroit River. 12th. - Propeller TRUESDELL damaged by contact with a bridge at Chicago. Scow PLANET sunk in the Manistee River. 13th. - Barge FILAR slightly damaged at Milwaukee by contact with a bridge. Propeller MESSENGER struck a bar at Manistee, and lost rudder, shoe, and anchor. Scow ANNIE TOMINE struck the pier at Sheboygan; afterward damaged by drifting against a dock. Scow NETTIE dismasted in a gale off Bass Island, Lake Erie. 14th. - Scow CHRISTIE sunk in 7 feet of water at Stony Creek. Schooner UNION lost anchor and damaged at Manitowoc. Schooner GAME-COCK damaged at Bailey's Harbor, on Lake Michigan. Steamer JAY COOKE slightly damaged at Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. Bark EL DORADO, lumber, aground at Ludington; lightened. (Owing to low water in the lakes.) Schooner EVA M. CONE lost foretop on Lake Michigan. Scow MINNIE CORLETT lost two of four spars which she was towing on Lake Michigan. 15th. - Schooner LIBERTY dashed to pieces on the pier at Milwaukee early this morning, in a violent northeast gale and snow-storm. One man (Nicholas Thompson)lost. Scow SELT, shingles, stranded near North Point light-house, Milwaukee. Scow ALASKA lost deck-load of wood near Milwaukee. Steamer SHEBOYGAN driven back to Milwaukee by stress of weather. Propeller NAVARINO sunk at the pier at Chicago. Bark ACORN, schooners SARDINIA and JONES, scows CHAPIN and EREUCA, and the bark TWO NELLIES damaged at Chicago. Schooner KATE LYONS lost canvas in the gale on Lake Michigan. Schooner J. BEAN lost fore-boom on Lake Michigan. George Williams, cook, drowned from the propeller PHIL SHERIDAN at Detroit. Propeller LADY FRANKLIN, with two scows in tow, ran ashore in the Detroit River this afternoon in a violent snow-storm. Scow JUNO, coal, driven ashore at Peninsular Point, near Marble Head light, Lake Erie, in a northeast storm. Schooner L. W. PERRY, lumber, aground on Kelley's Island, Lake Erie. Schooner C. L. JOHNSON damaged by collision at Manitowoc. Schooner CHARLEY HIBBARD damaged in the gale on Lake Michigan. Schooner C. L. DAVIS damaged by collision with the schooner SEA GEM at Manitowoc. Fish-boat HATTIE supposed to be lost, with John Babbineaux and his son, near Herring Creek, Frankfort. Propeller EAST SAGINAW ashore at South Manitou Island. Scow MARY JANE aground at Sandusky in a snow-storm. 16th. - Schooner GIPSEY lost main-boom and jib-boom by collision at Chicago. 17th. - Bark CAMBRIDGE aground in the Detroit River. Scow INDUSTRY ashore on Saint Joseph, on Lake Michigan. 18th. - Schooner JAMES COUCH lost jib-boom by striking a bridge at Chicago. Schooner TWO BROTHERS injured by collision with the AUGUSTUS FORD at Oswego. Steamer JAY COOKE damaged at Detroit. Schooner ACTIVE ashore and full of water at Saint Joseph. 19th. - Tug MOREY broke her wheel at Oswego. Tug DIANA lost smoke-stack by collision with the schooner ARIADNE at Oswego. 20th. - Scows LIME ROCK and O. T. WILSON aground in the Detroit River. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -689- Steamer OTTAWA damaged wheel in the Portage River. Schooner EBENEZER lost her yawl on Lake Michigan. Schooner S. H. KIMBALL and propeller MICHAEL GROH injured by collision at Cleveland. Scow C. C. BATES lost scow-load of lumber on Lake Michigan. 21st. - Schooner SPEED damaged and sunk at Kenosha on Lake Michigan. Steam-barge ANNA LAURA ashore on Colchester Reef, Lake Erie. 22d. - Schooner EVA M. CONE, wood, ashore at Port Uloa, on Lake Michigan Tug MONITOR seriously damaged by fire at Chicago. 23d. - Schooner CONCORD aground in the Detroit River. Bark ALICE, coal, struck a rock in the Detroit River and sunk. (many accidents on account of the unusually low water of the lakes.) 24th. - Schooner P. HAYDEN ashore ten miles north of Whitehall, Lake Michigan. 26th. - Schooner GUIDING STAR ashore at Morgan's Point, Lake Erie. 27th. - Several vessels damaged by ice near Kingston, Lake Ontario. Schooner MAIL ashore at Fish Point, Lake Ontario. Tug LADY FRANKLIN went ashore at 2 a.m. on Gull Point, Lake Ontario. Schooners IRENE and W. W. GRANT slightly damaged by collision on Lake Ontario. Propeller EMPIRE STATE aground on the Saint Clair Flats. Schooner DANE damaged by collision at Toledo. Barge BANNER aground at the mouth of Swan Creek. Schooners KATE L. BRUCE and H. RAND injured by collision at Chicago. 29th. - Steamer MARINE CITY and schooner OWASCO injured by collison at Detroit. Barge BIRCHARD sunk (at night) at East Saginaw. Scow LOUISA lost jib-boom in a blow on Lake Michigan. 30th. - Schooner W. H. CHAPMAN lost a spar by collision at Milwaukee. Scow AGNES aground in the Detroit River. Steam-barge McKERRELL damaged by collision at Bear Creek. Barge JENNIE GRAHAM capsized on Lake Huron. A sailor and the cook were drowned. Schooner JANE McLEOD ashore on East Sister Island, Lake Erie. Schooner KATE GILLETT aground near Malden. Schooner FANNIE CAMPBELL, lumber, capsized in a squall on Lake Huron. The captain and two men lost. Tug CAROLINE WILLIAMS damaged by fire in the Manistee River. MAY 1st. - Three fish-boats capsized by the gale in Saginaw Bay; all saved. Vessel injured at Buffalo by ice; carried by the current in the harbor. Bark LOTTIE WOLF damaged by collision at Chicago. Schooner KATE GILLETT hard aground at Malden. Scow Saint Stephen aground at Detroit. Schooner ELIZA badly damaged by collision on Lake Michigan. 2d. - Several barges with lumber broke away on Lake Huron, owing to the heavy sea this evening. Propeller EMPIRE STATE aground in Milwaukee Harbor. Schooner NAPOLEON ashore near Stony Creek, on Little Point Sauble, Lake Michigan. 3d. - Ferry-boat damaged by ice between Fort Erie and Buffalo. Schooner E. M. CARRINGTON, lumber, ashore at head of Belle Isle, Detroit River. Barge ENTERPRISE, lumber, sunk by collision at East Saginaw. 4th. - Schooners FITZHUE and WILLIAM SANDERSON injured by collision at Port Colborne. Schooner RED, WHITE AND BLUE damaged by collision with the MARIA MARTIN on the Saint Clair Flats. Schooner MIAMI BELLE, salt, sunk on Raisin Reef, near Monroe, Lake Erie. Propeller PHILADELPHIA damaged by ice at Buffalo. Schooner SAINT ANDREW aground in Detroit River. Schooner MARIA SHAW, lumber, sprung a leak in the Welland Canal. Schooner PERSIA, corn, ashore at Silkirk Point, near Port Colborne, Lake Erie. Schooner BOB WILSON, barley, and WILLIAM JOHN, ballast, ashore at Northport, near Kingston, Lake Ontario. Schooner ONWARD sprung a leak in the Welland Canal. Schooner W. O. BROWN ashore in the Detroit River. Schooners EVELINE, POWHATAN, and CZAR damaged by collision on the Saint Clair Flats. Steamer ALLEGHENY and two barges aground on the Saint Clair Flats Schooner JO. VILAS lost jib-boom in a blow on Lake Michigan. 5th. - Schooner BUENA VISTA dismasted near Chicago. 6th. - Thomas Sexton, seaman, drowned from the schooner JENNIE AND ANNIE near Long Point, on Lake Erie. 7th. - Steamer REYNOLDS damaged on a hidden rock at Pine River. Schooners JENNIE MULLEN and MEDIATOR injured by collision in the Welland Canal. Barges D. P. RHODES and G. H. ILLSLEY aground on the Saint Clair Flats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -690- Schooner LAKE BREEZE partially dismasted on Lake Huron. Schooner ELIZA FISHER aground on Mill Point, Lake Ontario. Schooner RUSSEL DART, wheat, sunk at Port Colborne. 8th. - Schooner FOREST MAY sunk by collision with EMPIRE STATE, near Kelley's Island. Captain John Reed drowned from the bark JOHN BREDEN at Buffalo. Bark VANDERBILT and schooners CITY OF THE STRAITS, HANS CROCKER, and PERRY HANNAH damaged by grounding and collision near the mouth of the Detroit River. 9th. - The yawl of the schooner H. C. WINSLOW crushed at Milwaukee. Tug COMPOUND exploded her boiler and sunk near Buffalo. Buffalo Harbor blockaded by ice blown in by the gale. Samuel Krumm drowned, from the barge S. GARDNER, at Bay City. 10th. - Scows FANNIE and FOREST MAID sunk, by collision with the GRANITE STATE near Kelley's Island. George Burridge died from injuries received from the explosion of the tug COMPOUND. Propeller NEBRASKA broke her rudder near Marine City. Schooner J. B. PENFIELD damaged at Oswego. Schooner CLARA PARKER, coal, aground, forced ashore by ice on Rose Reef, Canada, jettisoned part of her cargo. Tug WALES fast on a rock at mouth of Muskoga River, Georgian Bay. 11th. - Bark P. S. MARSH lost jib-boom at Chicago. Vessels injured by the gale at Cleveland. Barge SOMERSET, lumber, wrecked off Monroe, Lake Erie. Bark SWEET aground at Wind-mill Point, Canada, on Lake Erie. Bark NEWSBOY damaged in Detroit River. Schooner STAR OF THE NORTH, railroad ties, capsized in a squall in the afternoon off Point au Pellee. Barge ORONTES lost anchors in a gale on Lake Erie. Propeller CITY OF BOSTON damaged by collision with the bark SEA GULL in the Welland Canal. Propeller MICHIGAN damaged by ice on Lake Erie. Schooners JAMES PLATT and MONT BLANC damaged by being blown against the dock at Windsor in a squall this afternoon. Schooner ASHTABULA damaged by collision near Chicago. Tugs BISMARK and others injured by ice at Buffalo. Propeller ATLANTIC delayed twenty-four hours in the Saint Clair River. Steamer UNION broke her shaft on Green Bay. Barges DAUNTLESS and WANDA aground on Lake Saint Francis. Schooner JENNIE BELL injured by collision at Milwaukee. Bark ERASTUS CORNING compelled to lighten in crossing Saint Clair Flats owing to low water in the lakes. (Vessels carrying lighter loads on that account.) 12th. - Propeller BUFFALO filled with water in the ice near Buffalo; was towed ashore undamaged. Propeller ATLANTIC, ashore at Elk Island, Detroit River. Propeller-barge DUBUQUE, with a tow of barges, aground in the Detroit River. Schooner PERRY HANNAH damaged at the mouth of the Detroit River. 13th. - Tugs MILLER, O. B. GREENE, and MARY McLANE, damaged by collision at Chicago. Henry McGuinn drowned from the propeller Saint Lawrence, near Kingston. 14th. - Barge OCEAN, lumber, on a reef in Niagara River. Schooners TEMPEST and JOSEPHINE ashore near Point au Pellee. Scow MARY JANE aground on Lake Erie. 15th. - Schooner WILLIAM YOUNG, coal, sunk upon a reef near Buffalo, a tug entangled in ice having abandoned her. Propeller WINSLOW damaged and delayed on Lake Erie. Several vessels injured at Buffalo on account of the blockade of ice. 16th. - Schooner TRUMAN MOSS dismasted in passing a bridge in Chicago. Schooner WYOMING sunk on the Horseshoe Reef near Buffalo. 17th. - An easterly wind cleared the ice from the harbor at Buffalo. Tug CHAMPION damaged by ice at Buffalo. Schooner JOSEPHINE ashore in a dense smoke on Point au Pellee. Schooner SWEET HOME lost a man overboard, a seaman named Kilroy, at Hamilton. 18th. - Navigation of Lake Huron rendered dangerous by smoke of burning forests. Propeller ONTONAGON ashore in a fog this morning in the Straits of Mackinac. Barge FULTON, lumber, sunk at Wenona, Lake Huron. Schooner ETHAN ALLEN had a cargo of corn wet in bad weather on Lake Huron. At 11 o'clock a wind-storm at Buffalo drove vessels back to port. Propeller CITY OF TRAVERSE hard aground on Saint Clair Flats, and again on Peach Island. 19th. - Schooner MARY B. HALE aground on a reef and leaking. Schooner LEVI GRANT damaged by collision at Milwaukee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -691- Schooner HUBBARD became leaky on Lake Michigan. Schooner FEARLESS injured by running upon her anchor at Racine. Barge MONITOR, salt, ashore at Round Island, Straits of Mackinac. Propeller IDAHO injured machinery at Buffalo. Barge EMPIRE STATE, lumber, aground on Squaw Island, near Tonawanda, having lost her anchor. Schooner MAGGIE, coal, ashore at Marigold's Point, Lake Ontario. Tug MARGARET damaged by collision with schooner NAPOLEON, at Manistee. Steam-barge EAST SAGINAW disabled her machinery near Manitowoc. Propeller SAINT LOUIS broke her machinery at Erie, Pennsylvania. At night the propeller MERCHANT, merchandise, sunk on Bar Point, near the mouth of the Detroit River. Loss $10,000. Barge DETROIT aground at Peach Island, Lake Saint Clair. Tugs STRANGER, SATELLITE, and CHAMPION, broke wheels in the ice at Buffalo. Schooner HELEN BLOOD lost jib-boom near Chicago. Schooner HERO waterlogged near Chicago. Schooner AMERICAN lost her jib-boom at Oswego. Propeller EAST SAGINAW broke down near Manitowoc. Schooner TEMPEST ashore at Point au Pellee. Schooners PETREL and LORINDA severly injured by collision, in a dense fog this morning, off Muskegon, Lake Michigan. Propeller MANISTEE and schooner ROBINSON damaged by collision on Lake Michigan. 21st. - A number of vessels detained by grounding on the Saint Clair Flats. 22d. - Schooner CENTURIAN ashore near Rockwell, Lake Ontario, 500 bushels wheat wet. Steam-barge DETROIT aground in Detroit River. Propeller BURLINGTON ashore on Charity Island, Saginaw Bay. 23d. - Schooner HATTIE JOHNSON, coal, aground in the Milwaukee River. Barge FULTON sunk at Winona, in Saginaw Bay. Schooners ARAB and R. B. HUBBARD arrived at Chicago leaking. Propeller COLORADO on a rocky shore at Point Sturgeon, Lake Erie. 24th. - Schooner S. ROBINSON, 16,000 bushels of corn, was run into and sunk in Lake Michigan, in a dense fog. Propeller KITTY HOYT damaged by striking a log near Bay City. Steam-barge EAST SAGINAW, lumber, went ashore and materially damaged on the Pancake Shoals, near Manitowoc. Propeller ENTERPRISE ashore at South Bay Point. Schooner MAIL lost jib-boom by collision at Oswego. Schooner BAHAMA broke her rudder on Lake Erie. Tug SWEEPSTAKES aground at Port Edward. Schooner COLONEL COOK ashore at Forty Mile Point, Lake Huron. 26th. - At 10 p.m. a heavy squall on Lake Michigan. Schooner FLEA damaged in the squall on Lake Michigan. Schooner HERO sprung a leak and put back to port. Schooner HARVEST HOME, railroad iron, sprung a leak on Lake Erie. Schooner NETTA WEAVER damaged on Lake Erie, at night. Schooner MARQUETTE, corn, sprung a leak on Lake Ontario. Schooner STAR OF THE NORTH, railroad iron, sunk near Point au Pellee. Schooner DON TINDALL, lumber, ashore near Manitowoc. 27th. - Schooners S. BATES, MARY COLLINS, SWALLOW, and FLYING CLOUD damaged by collision at Chicago. Barge GUIDING STAR damaged by collision with the ferry-boat GREAT WESTERN, at Detroit. Tug H. P. SMITH burned to the water's edge at Portsmouth, Saginaw River, value $4,500. 28th. - E. B. Sackrider jumped from the steamer WINSLOW and was drowned. Tug FRANK GULE damaged by fire at Sheboygan ($200) 30th. - Schooner JOSEPHINE and tug RANSOM considerably damaged by collision. Propeller SAINT LOUIS aground in the new canal at Saint Clair Flats. Schooner EVERGREEN ashore in a dense fog near Saugatuck, Lake Michigan. 31st. - Bark NELSON and schooner PAGE aground in the harbor at Milwaukee. Schooner IRENE struck a rock and sprung a leak. The low stage of water in the lakes in the early part of the year 1872, which has caused so many of the disasters to shipping, is a direct result of the diminished rain-fall and increased evaporation of the latter part of the preceding year. The mean level of Lake Michigan, as shown by observations made by me at Milwaukee during the month of May, 1872, was one inche below the city zero of street grades; the average level during the same month for the past twenty-six years was one foot and five inches above that zero. The amount of rain-fall in September, 1871, at Milwaukee, was but little more than half an inch, while the average for twenty-nine years was nearly two inches. The amount of evaporation from the surface of an exposed basin of water during the months of September --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -692- October and November, was nine and three-fourths inches, while the average for the months during ten years past was only seven and one- fourth inches. JUNE 1st. - A dense fog on Lake Michigan. Schooner FASHION lost her jib-boom at Chicago. Brig PILGRIM and schooner BRIDGEWATER damaged at Chicago. 2d. - Brig MENOMINEE and schooner ATLANTA damaged on Lake Michigan near Chicago. Tug QUAYLE broke her crank in the Saint Croix River. Tug GOODNOW broke her crank in the Detroit River. Schooner ALVA BRADISH aground in the Detroit River. A number of vessels aground on the Saint Clair Flats 3d. - Steamship GORDON CAMPBELL aground this morning on the Saint Clair Flats. John Goodrow drowned from the scow BUFFALO on Lake Ontario. Tug AMERICAN EAGLE aground at Milwaukee. Schooner TOLEDO damaged by collision at Milwaukee. Schooner TOM SIMMS, grain, aground at Kingston, Lake Ontario. 4th. - Steamer DOVE damaged by fire at Malden. Tug L. H. BOOLE burst her steam-pipe at Pentwater, Lake Michigan, while towing the schooner NORTH STAR, lumber; both drifted ashore, and the tug sank. Bark AMERICAN GIANT lost 25,000 staves, and became waterlogged above Port Stanley. James Keyes, sailor, drowned from the scow JOSEPH WRIGHT, near Cleveland. Steamer KINGSTON burned to the water's edge, off Grenadier Island, eighteen miles from Brockville; Mrs. Dr. Jones drowned. Tug J. T. RANSOM capsized in Niagara River, and Ira Hanson and ____ Smith drowned. 6th. - Propeller CUYAHOGA ashore on Beaver Island. Schooner MILLARD FILLMORE on Hog Island Reef, in the Straits of Mackinac. 7th. - Barge MARY BARTON struck a snag, causing a leak, near Bay City. Bark COLONEL ELLSWORTH, corn, ashore near Point Albino and filled with water in thick, foggy weather, at night. Schooner JENNIE GRAHAM capsized, and one of her crew drowned. Schooner FORWARDER struck by a heavy squall on Black River, Lake Erie, and damaged. 8th. - Schooner PHIL SCOVILLE, coal, becalmed, and drifted upon Rose's Reef, near Buffalo. 9th. - Tug BISMARK broke her wheel at Racine. Barge EMMA E. TYSON ran aground at Racine and became leaky; 2,000 bushels corn wet. Propeller UNION lately ashore on Strawberry Reef, Green Bay, now on Laughing Whitefish Reef, twenty-four miles below Marquette, Lake Superior, at 2 a.m., in a dense fog. Schooner C. MEARS aground at Buffalo. Schooner CASCADE ashore on Laughing Whitefish Reef, Lake Superior 10th. - Steamer MARY WARD hard aground at the mouth of the river Thames. Schooner MOSES ashore in the Detroit River. Schooner CANADIAN lost her jib-boom by collision with the FRANK D. BAKER at Oswego. Scow AUNT RUTH ashore six mile above Round Eau. 11th. - Scow A. RUST damaged by collision at Chicago. Bark RACINE, railroad iron, sprung a leak on Lake Erie and returned to Buffalo. 12th. - Propeller CUBA hard aground in old channel, Saint Clair Flats. Steamer CLARA damaged by collision in Detroit River. 13th. - Two tows aground on the Saint Clair Flats. Scow MARTIN damaged by lightning shortly after noon at Windsor. Tug FRANK GEELE slightly damaged by fire at Sheboygan. Bark SWEEPSTAKES struck an obstruction in Saginaw Bay and filled with water. A remarkable tidal wave on the lakes on the 12th and 13th. At Oswego at 3:30 p.m. on the 13th. 14th. - Steam barge J. S. FAY aground on the flats of Saint George, Sault River. Vessels hindered by dense fog on the lakes on the 13th, 14th, and 15th. 16th. - Steamer ALPENA aground on the shore of Lake Michigan. Schooner FORWARDER, lumber, aground in Detroit River. 18th. - Schooner GLEN CUYLER, staves, lost foremast by collision with the scow HUNTER at Manitowoc. Propeller J. L. HURD aground several days in South Reach, Saint Clair River. 19th. - Schooner ALVIN BRONSON damaged by collision at Chicago. Propeller MISSOURI, salt, aground in Saginaw River. Bark TANNER, coal, aground on Two Rivers Point, Lake Michigan. Schooner MARY HATTIE, lumber, ashore in Detroit River. Schooner GEM OF THE LAKES, brick, sunk at Cleveland. 20th. - Schooner JAMAICA struck (at mast-head suddenly, at noon, without warning) by a tornado and instantly capsized, off Rock Falls on Lake Huron. Eliza Headington drowned. Eighteen thousand bushels of wheat damaged. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -693- Scow MOUNTAIN MAID, coal, became leaky on Lake Erie. Barge SAGINAW, timber, struck an obstruction near Saint Catherine's and sunk. Schooner LUCINDA VAN VALKENBURG and an unknown vessel lost all their canvas in a tornado on Lake Huron. 21st. - Tug HUNTER sunk in 8 feet of water by collison on Lake Huron. A fleet of vessels passed Detroit, having been detained by calms and fogs for whole days; some were leaky. Schooner IMPERIAL, lumber, damaged by collision with the bark J. S. AUSTIN, near Death's Door, Lake Michigan. Schooner PORTLAND, grain, ashore on Colchester Reef, Lake Erie. Steamer MASON and barge AMERICAN GIANT, staves, aground on Carrolton Bar, Saginaw River. Bark J. S. AUSTIN struck by lightning this morning in the Straits of Mackinac; two men injured. Michael Morrisey, engineer of the tug MAGNOLIA, drowned at La Salle. 23d. - An unknown vessel lost her jib-boom by collision with the schooner DELAS DE WOLF on Lake Michigan. Tug L. B. JOHNSON and steam-barge EAST SAGINAW damaged by collision at Chicago. Canal-boat RUSSEL SMITH, lumber, capsized and lost deck-load at Buffalo. Tug BOB ANDERSON broke both her cylinder-heads on the Saint Clair River. Tug NIAGARA exploded her steam-pipe at Detroit, James De Orsay, deck-hand, killed. Schooner ALGERINE, iron ore, damaged by collision with steam- barge ROBERT HOLLEN at Cleveland. 24th. - Bark J. S. AUSTIN, coal, damaged by collision on Lake Michigan, near Milwaukee. Schooner TOLEDO crushed her yawl in the Milwaukee River. Schooner WILLIAM G. GRANT, coal, sprung a leak on Lake Michigan. Schooner MARY struck a snag in Lake Michigan, slightly damaged. 25th. - Schooner LOUISE MEEKER damaged by striking a bridge at Chicago. Schooners AZOV, APPRENTICE BOY, and MONTAUK damaged by collision at Chicago. Propeller ROCKET aground in East River, Green Bay, in a fog. Steamer MARINE CITY ashore near Bark Shanty, Lake Huron. 27th. - Bark CITY of Painesville, iron ore, ashore on Eleven-Mile Shoal, near Escanaba, Green Bay. Tug MYSTIC broke her crank-pin near Port Huron. 28th. - Propeller GEORGIAN damaged by fire at Buffalo. Tug MERCHANT sunk by collision with the propeller IRONSIDES at Grand Haven. Propeller PEERLESS ashore near Bay City. 29th. - Schooner JAPAN, lumber, ashore near Spider Island, Lake Michigan. Barge CROW ashore at Stony Island. Propeller JAY GOULD aground at Ecourse. 30th. - Bark CITY OF MILWAUKEE lost her mizzen-mast by collision with the schooner L. S. HAMMOND at Milwaukee. Propeller S. D. CALDWELL ashore at Mackinac. Tug BENTON, damaged by fire at Saginaw River. JULY 1st. - Propeller MONTANA, wheat and flour, aground at Milwaukee. Schooner W. J. WHALING lost jib-boom by collision in the Chicago River. Propeller EAST aground in the Middle Channel, opposite Ganaogue, and became leaky. 2d. - Tug JENNIE BELL damaged by being struck by the propeller PHILADELPHIA at Detroit. Steamer GRACE DOWNER (sixty-eight tons) burned to the water's edge at Beaver Island; George Burrows, mate, burned to death. 3d. - Tug J. U. MASTERS damaged her machinery at Port Huron. Schooner SEA BIRD slightly damaged by collision at Detroit. 4th. - Propeller B. F. WADE ashore at Waukegan. Tobias Tounessen drowned from the schooner GEO. C. FINNEY at Kingston. 5th. - Scow HANSON, 12,000 bricks, cut in two and immediately sunk by collison with the propeller TOLEDO at Port Huron. 6th. - Barge LOUISA BUN sunk in Chicago River. Schooner HERALD water-logged by collision with the schooner KETCHUM off Chicago. Propeller GORDON CAMPBELL damaged by a log in her wheel at Milwaukee. Propeller CITY OF CLEVELAND had her cargo of wool mattresses accidently saturated with linseed oil causing spontaneous combustion. 8th. - Scow SEA BIRD lost both masts and bowsprit by collision at Detroit. Tug KATE MOFFATT broke her machinery and was towed to Detroit. Tug W. A. MOORE broke her wheel at Buffalo. Propeller ST. LAWRENCE broke her piston-head at Kingston. Propeller JAVA stove a hole in her bow at Cleveland; she after- ward broke her machinery and went to Detroit for repairs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -694- 9th. - Steam barge HENRY HOWARD broke her bed plate at Port Huron. William Barry, sailor, drowned from the schooner MINNIE SLAUSON, near Big Summer Island, Green Bay. 10th. - Propeller W. M. TWEED aground three hours at Chicago. 12th. - Propeller BERTSCHY loosened her wheel at Depere, and was towed to Milwaukee. 13th. - John Leitch drowned from the steam-barge WM. COWIE at Saint Clair. 14th. - Tug H. N. MARTIN damaged her wheel at Cleveland. 15th. - Schooners WHIRLWIND and COL. GLOVER damaged by collision at Milwaukee. Tug SOL RUMMAGE disabled machinery near Detroit. Tug SCOTT broke her wheel on a sunken log at Cleveland. 16th. - Steamer METROPOLIS damaged at Pentwater. Propeller Truesdell broke her machinery on Green Bay; towed to Escanaba. Bark NELSON struck upon a reef in the Straits of Mackinac. 17th. - Steamer MANITOBA struck a rock near Michipecotan Island, Lake Superior and sunk in twelve feet of water. Steam barge GLASCON hard aground on Saint Clair Flats. Steamer EVENING STAR broke her piston-head on Lake Erie. Bark H. BISSELL struck a rock in the Niagara River, causing a leak. 18th. - A tow of barges seen adrift off Forestville, Lake Huron. Tug CHAMPION burned and scuttled at Detroit. A fish-boat struck by a squall near Mackinac and damaged, men exhausted. Steamer JOHN SHERMAN ashore in Detroit River. Thomas Halbrook drowned from the propeller FOUNTAIN CITY, near Charlevoix. Scow INO dismasted in a north-northwest storm on Lake Erie, off Ashtabula. Steam-barge HENRY HOWARD disabled on Lake Huron. Schooner PELICAN aground on the Saint Clair Flats. 20th. - Scow NELLIE damaged by collision with the schooner J. B. WILBER, in the Saint Clair River. Schooner ANGLO SAXON ashore at Forty Mile Point, Lake Huron; jettisoned railroad iron. Steam-barge HENRY HOWARD, lumber, broke her machinery on Lake Huron. Steam-barge CHARLES REITZ broke her wheel near Gratiot. Schooner C. G. BREED, coal, aground on a reef at Fox Point, twelve miles north of Milwaukee. Tug TEMPEST lost a scow, laden with machinery, in a fog near Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, which is supposed to be foundered 21st. - A son of Julius Sumner drowned from the propeller PACIFIC, in Saginaw Bay. Tug HUNTER sunk by collision in 8 feet of water in Lake Michigan. 22d. - Propeller ORONTES broke her shaft at Harrisonville on Lake Huron. Tug HARRISON capsized near Chicago. Barge ROBERT EMMETT lost part of her deck-load of staves in a squall on Lake Huron. Barge JESSE DRUMMOND lost jib-boom, and became leaky by collision on Saint Clair Flats. A raft of lumber broken up by heavy weather on Lake Huron. 23d. - Schooner D. L. COUCH, coal, sunk off Long Point, Lake Erie. 24th. - Barge J. S. AUSTIN aground at Milwaukee. Bark SARDINIA and barge IRON CITY damaged by collison at Buffalo. Scow BUTCHER-BOY lost an anchor on Lake Erie. Steam-yacht EVA WADSWORTH, ashore on Peach Island, St. Clair River. Schooner S. and J. COLLIER lost maintopmast in a squall on Lake Ontario. Propeller BENTON broke her wheel on Carrolton Bar, mouth of Saginaw River. Propeller PHILADELPHIA (drawing 13-3/4 feet of water) struck on bottom near Grosse Point Light, Lake Saint Clair. John Basset drowned from the steamer CHICORA in Georgian Bay. 26th. - Brig MECHANIC damaged by striking a bridge at Milwaukee. Schooner PELICAN, ore, aground on the Saint Clair Flats. Tug HOME ashore at Calumet, Lake Michigan. Schooner WANDERER ashore at Stony Reef, Detroit River. Schooner BLACK DUCK, coal, foundered in deep water in Mexican Bay, Lake Ontario. Total Loss. 27th. - Scow INO damaged by collision with the schooner LONG SIMMS. Schooner JENNIE BELL damaged against a bridge at Milwaukee. _____ Goldsmith drowned from the revenue-cutter COMMODORE PERRY at Buffalo. Scow LEA sprung a leak near Milwaukee. 28th. - Schooner ELLINGTON, staves, ashore at Fairport, Lake Erie. John Doyle drowned from schooner RISING STAR at Chicago. John Heare drowned from steamer MARINE CITY on Lake Erie. John Childs drowned from the barge HARVEST at Cleveland. Schooner THEODORE PERRY, coal, damaged by collision with a propeller on Lake Erie. Thomas Fleming drowned from the schooner L. B. CROCKER at Port Colborne. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -695- 29th. - Propeller MARY R. ROBINSON, 15,000 bushels wheat, burned near Waugoshance light on Lake Michigan. 30th. - Propeller LAKE MICHIGAN aground on a shoal at Gananogue, Canada. Schooner WHAT YE CALL IT lost her formast in a squall at Detroit. _____ Shields drowned from the schooner WEBB at Erie, Pennsylvania. 31st. - A seaman from the barge GIBBS drowned in Tawas Bay, Lake Huron. A barge towed by the propeller EDITH became water-logged off Tawas Bay, Lake Huron. Steamer CITY OF MONTREAL damaged her machinery near Windsor. A raft broke loose in rough weather from the tug CLEMATIS off Point Austin, and was driven upon the beach. AUGUST 2d. - Schooner TRUMAN MOSS dismasted by collision at Chicago. Schooner EVENING STAR lost head-gear by running against a bridge at Chicago. Scow HOME broke from the pier at Free Soil, on Lake Michigan, at 6 p.m., during a norther and went ashore. Propeller CHICAGO BELLE sunk at Manitowoc Schooner LIBBIE NAN aground in Green Bay Bark JESSE DRUMMOND had her cargo damaged by water on Lake Ontario. Schooners STAR OF HOPE and FLORIDA damaged by collision on Saint Clair Flats. Steam canal-boat S. D. GIBSON, iron-ore, aground and filled with water on Ford's Shoal, near Oswego. Barge SEMINOLE, lumber, became water-logged at Tawas, Lake Huron. Schooners ELIZA WHITE and OCTAVIA damaged by collision at Oswego. 4th. - Thomas Morgan drowned from the propeller TIOGA, ten miles off Long Point, Lake Erie. Schooner FEARLESS, lumber, capsized and filled off White Fish Point, near Manitowoc, at 2 p.m. Charles Smith drowned from the schooner Welland, at Chicago. Schooner CAPELLA lost jib-boom at Manitowoc. Schooner COLONEL HATHAWAY, coal, hard aground in the Detroit River. Propeller CHINA hard aground in the Neebish, Sault River. 6th. - Fishing-smack CLARA lost her canvas in a squall on Green Bay. Tug BLACK BALL disabled at Chicago. A scow took fire in the cabin near Detroit. Tug BABCOCK sunk at Chicago. Schooner MARY NAN had her foremast shivered by lightning at Green Bay, at night. Scow F. L. JONES lost center-board on Lake Erie. Propeller BADGER STATE aground in Saint Clair River. 7th. - Steam-barge CONCORD broke her machinery on Lake Erie. Steamer AJAX burned to the water's edge near Bay City. 8th. - Tugs NEW ERA and J. T. RANSOM sunk at Tonawanda. Bark MARTIN, wheat, sunk by collision with a schooner near Long Island, Lake Ontario. Schooner BESSIE BOALT lost her rudder on Lake Michigan. Schooner GOLDEN FLEECE aground on Saint Clair Flats. Lighter AMERICA lost 300 barrels salt overboard by collision with a bridge at East Saginaw. Schooners S. S. OSBORN and AMERICAN UNION much damaged by collision near Fox Island, Lake Michigan. Tug DANFORTH burned to the water's edge at Du Luth, Lake Superior, and sunk in 18 feet water. Schooner ARDENT and bark Sardinia damaged in squalls on Lake Michigan. Steam-barge IRA H. OWEN, iron-ore, sprung a leak. Scow CLARA, coal, ashore at Stoney Island, in the Detroit River. 10th. - Schooner Delaware and bark SARDINIA aground at Milwaukee. Schooner ISLAND lost a gaff in heavy weather on Lake Michigan. Schooner J. S. WALTER aground at Milwaukee. Schooner MIDNIGHT ashore at Racine. Bark JOHN BREDEN, coal, sprung a leak near Buffalo. Schooner JOHN TIBBITS damaged by collision with the propeller VANDERBILT at Buffalo. 11th. - Propeller THOMAS A. SCOTT aground at Milwaukee. John Cogsgriff drowned from the schooner O. S. STORRS, at Oswego. 12th. - Captain Elijah Blanchard drowned from the schooner ACTIVE, at Oswego. Bark ZACK CHANDLER had mast damaged by lightning at Point Betsey, Lake Michigan. 13th. - Steamer MARGARET ashore in the Ducks, in Lake Ontario, on a dark night. Schooner BERLIN lost jib-boom at Toledo. Schooner AMERICAN UNION damaged by collison with schooner OSBORNE on Lake Michigan. 14th. - Schooner DAYSPRING, wood, struck by lightning of Ashnepee, Lake Michigan; L. Mueller seriously injured, and Tobias Tobiassen instantly killed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -696- Propeller LAKE MICHIGAN aground on a shoal off Kingston. 16th. - Schooner JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE capsized and sunk, by collision with the propeller FAVORITE, near Two Creeks, Lake Michigan in a dense fog. Charles Hill drowned from the schooner MIDNIGHT, at Racine. Steamers CORSICAN and WATERTOWN damaged by collision near Kingston. Schooner EDWIN BLAKE, 19,000 bushels wheat, aground on Point Frederick Shoals. Bark SAGINAW, timber, sunk at Saint Catherine's, Lake Ontario. 17th. - Captain Waggoner, of the barge SEVERN, drowned at Cleveland. Schooner LEN HIGBY had her topmast broken on Lake Michigan. Steamer Detroit damaged by collision with the propeller THOMAS A. SCOTT, at Detroit. 18th. - Philip Nolan, of the barge SUSAN WARD, drowned in Lake Erie. Daniel Elois, of the Tug STAR, drowned in Saginaw River. Luke Sky, of the barge HOTCHKISS, drowned at Buffalo. 19th. - Steamer FAVORITE damaged by collison at Detroit. Brig HELFENSTEIN, salt, arrived at Detroit leaking. Schooners AMERICAN UNION, ore, and S. P. ELY, damaged by collison in a dense fog, at Port Huron. Scow INDUSTRY, walnut lumber, found water-logged and abandoned on Lake Erie; towed to Cleveland. 21st. - Scow PIERREPOINT and propeller MOHAWK damaged by collison at Detroit. Tug J. H. MARTIN broke her machinery; towed into Detroit. 22d. - Bark C. K. NIMS, 33,000, bushels corn, struck a reef at Bar Point, Lake Erie. Schooner MONTEREY struck a rock, and damaged. Schooner MIDDLESEX sprung a leak at Marquette. Schooner SOPHIA SMITH damaged by collision near Detroit. Steamer W. R. CLINTON damaged on a rock at Grindstone City. 24th. - Propeller CUBA aground at Milwaukee. Schooner WELLAND ran against the pier at Muskegon, was crushed, filled with water, and capsized. Scow SNOWBIRD injured and sunk, by a blast intended for the re- moval of rocks in the Detroit River. Mr. ______ McDonald drowned from the steamer W. R. CLINTON on Lake Huron. Scow MARIA sprung a leak on Lake Huron. 25th. - Propeller BERTSCHY burned at Depere, near Green Bay, loss $8,000. Charles Hendrickson drowned from schooner DAYSPRING, at Ahnepee, Lake Michigan. Tug J. D. DUDLEY ashore at Fairpoint, Lake Erie. 26th. - Schooner DAVID STEWART, ore, hard aground on the Saint Clair Flats. Schooner NARRAGANSETT lost canvas in a squall on Lake Erie. Schooner COLUMBIA, coal, aground in Detroit River. A scow driven ashore on Lake Huron, near the entrance of the Saint Clair River. 27th. - Schooner LEWIS LUDINGTON lost jib-boom at Chicago. 28th. - A northeast storm on Lake Michigan to-day, driving many vessels into port for shelter. Scow IDA H. BLOOM struck a pier at Milwaukee and lost jib-boom. Several small sail-boats lost or damaged at Milwaukee. A canal-boat sunk, and another damaged, in the Niagara River. Schooner LOUIE MEEKER, 22,000 bushels of oats, struck by a squall at 10 a.m., ten miles from shore, near Point Sauble, Lake Michigan, capsized and sunk. Captain Robert West, Robert West, Jr., Charles Baker, E. Nelson, and the steward were drowned. Schooner GLAD TIDINGS lost jib-boom in the gale on Lake Michigan. Scow MINNIE CORLETTE, shingles and piles, damaged at Waukegan. 29th. - Schooner GARIBALDI had sail torn by a bridge at Milwaukee. Michael Neupert drowned from the tug BALLENTINE, at Bay City. Schooner ANGELINE lost mainsail in a squall. Schooner J. R. SANBURN split her mainsail and fore-topsail. Schooner CORTLAND had canvas blown away. Schooner ALMINA damaged on the piers at Cleveland. Scow J. W. PORTER ashore at Clough's Pier. A raft of logs broke loose from a tug at Cleveland and washed ashore. 30th. - Barge EL DORADO broke her steering gear, and was towed into Milwaukee. Brig WAUCOMA, iron, sprung a leak near the Manitous, Lake Michigan. Schooner DELOS DE WOLF, grain, sprung a leak on Lake Michigan. Schooner SEA GEM damaged at the pier at Manistee. Tug LOUIE DOLE damaged by collision with the tug BLACK BELL, off Chicago. Scow C. C. BUTTS sunk at Kenosha. Schooner G. J. WHITNEY, stone, ashore, and full of water, at Vermillion, Ohio. A number of vessels aground on the Saint Clair Flats, owing to the low stage of the water. Schooner ALPHA, lumber, wrecked at 5 p.m. on a reef near Four- Mile Point, Lake Ontario. Schooner ORION sunk at Long Point, Lake Erie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -697- Schooner RICHARDSON ashore at Presque Isle, Lake Erie. Propeller BUCKEYE broke her engine on Lake Ontario. Schooner ODD FELLOW, lumber, lost mainsail and a portion of her cargo. A severe northwester on Lake Huron; vessels unable to proceed, anchored along the coast. Schooner FRANCONIA, pig-iron, sprung a leak on Lake Huron. Scow F. J. PORTER stranded on the south shore of Lake Erie. Schooner MAUNTAUK and Bark PATHFINDER lost jib-booms at Port Huron. Propeller TOLEDO had her gangways dashed in on Lake Huron. Schooner C. P. MINCH aground at Port Huron. Scow HANNAH lost jib-boom by collision, on entering the Saint Clair River. Schooner GOVERNOR damaged at the pier and grounded at Oswego. Schooner TWO BROTHERS lost 16,000 feet of lumber on Lake Ontario. Schooner OLIVIA lost 6,000 feet of lumber on Lake Ontario. Revenue-cutter CHASE lost anchor and chain on Lake Ontario. A seaman drowned from the Barge TOLEDO, at Kingston. Brig OCEAN, stone, sunk in Lake Ontario. Schooner VANCOUVER, pig-iron, sprung a leak on Lake Ontario. 31st. - Barks WILLIAM HOWE and Prince of Wales ashore near Port Dalhousie Lake Erie. Schooner FANNY CAMPBELL disabled near Point au PELLEE. Bark ALEXANDER, timber, sprung a leak off Long Point. Schooner AUGUSTUS FORD, coal, sprung a leak on Lake Erie. Schooner ERIE sunk while at anchor at Marblehead, Lake Erie. Schooner AMOSKEAG struck in Sault Ste. Marie River, and sprung a leak. Schooner ELIZA WHITE damaged by fire at Oswego. Brig GEN. WORTH lost foremast off the Scotch Bonnetts. Barge ARGO lost lumber and shingles overboard on Lake Ontario. Scow IDA AND MARY, stone, ashore, at night, on Sturgeon Point, Lake Erie. 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