Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Anspach OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 106402 DATE OF LOSS: 18 February 1908 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Waukegan, IL RIG TYPE: Steam screw, tug, fishing boat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Cooper, Detroit, 1879 OWNER(S): Laura V. Rudeck, Frankfort, MI MASTER: Capt. Olver Rubier TONNAGE: 15 gt DIMENSIONS: 45.3 x 12.3 x 5.3 CASUALTIES: 2 SURVIVORS: 4 Thrown against a protection wall and crushed during a gale. Crew was thrown out onto the ice where two of them slid off and were lost. ======================================================================== Sources: Beeson's Marine Directory, 1908 Merchant Vessel List - 1903, 1908 Blue Book of American Shipping, 1903 R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1888 Last updated 30 September 2014