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 U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Arrow OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 372 DATE OF LOSS: 18 November 1869 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Evanston, IL RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: G. Hardison, Erie, 1857 OWNER(S): - MASTER: Capt. Durgen TONNAGE: 281 t. LENGTH: - BEAM: - DEPTH: - CASUALTIES: 8 (all) SURVIVORS: 0 Left Muskegon on the 14th loaded with lumber for Chicago. Was overcome and driven ashore by a powerful gale during the night. The tug Mosher was the first to attempt to assist her, putting out a life-boat with seven men. The life boat swamped and was driven upon the beach. The tug Wood was the next to make the attempt. Again a life boat was put out and swamped, this time with the loss of one man, Thomas Robertson. Three others managed to board the schooner and swam to shore the next morning carrying the sad news that the entire crew of the Arrow had perished from exposure and drowning. George H. Clarke, master of the Erastus Corning, had been aboard the tug Wood during the rescue attempt. He made a detailed report to the Secretary of the Treasury, which was endorsed by the Collector of Customs at Chicago, the result being the establishment of the life-saving station and light- house being built at Evanston. ======================================================================== Sources: Mansfield, History of the Great Lakes; p. 110 Cong. Series: House Documents, 1870; p. 34 Toledo Blade, 20 November 1869