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: American Union OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 307 DATE OF LOSS: 6 May 1894 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Huron, Thompson's Harbor RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Ira LaFrinier, Cleveland - 1862 OWNER(S): Annetta S. Godman, Chicago MASTER: Capt. James P. Godman TONNAGE: 543.34 gt DIMENSIONS: 185.5 x 24.8 x 12.7 CASUALTIES: 0 Driven ashore during a spring storm and stuck so hard that it was impossible to pull her off. Powerful jacks from Detroit were used to raise her and then slowly work her off just in time for another storm to drive her ashore and finish her off. Documentation surrendered at Chicago June 1, 1894 Built as a bark; 3 masts. ======================================================================== Sources: Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Vessel enrollment, Cleveland, 1862 "Annals of Cleveland, 1818 - 1835" p. 608 Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1894