Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: George W. Adams OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 85393 DATE OF LOSS: 11 December 1895 REASON: Ice LOCATION: Lake Erie, near Colchester reef RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Bailey Bros., Toledo - 1875 OWNER(S): James Corrigan, Cleveland MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 1,444 gt DIMENSIONS: 231 x 40 x 20 CASUALTIES: 0 Upbound with coal in tow of the steamer CALEDONIA when her hull was cut through by ice off Colchester. Her crew escaped to the CALEDONIA. When launched in April, 1875, the four-masted ADAMS was hailed as being "the largest sailing vessel on the lakes." Her four towering masts spread about 4,000 yards of canvas. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Evening News, 13 December 1895 Rochester Democrat Chronicle, 13 December 1895 R. L. Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1888