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    NAME:  Baltimore
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO: -
    REASON:  Storm
    DATE:  18 Sept 1855
    LOCATION:  Lake Michigan, at Sheboygan, WI
    TYPE:   Sidewheel steamer
    HULL TYPE:  wooden
    BUILDER: Monroe, MI - 1847
    OWNER:  
    MASTER: Capt. J. A. Reed
    TONNAGE: 513.75 ton
    LENGTH:  174 ft
    BEAM:    26.4 ft
    DEPTH:   11.5 ft
    CASUALTIES: 0
    SURVIVORS: 
                      Ran into a violent gale on Lake Michigan
                      while enroute from Chicago to the Lake
                      Superior region with a cargo of general
                      supplies.  Attempted to make Sheboygan
                      after suffering great damage, but struck
                      bottom and was driven ashore near the
                      Government pier where she was broken to
                      pieces.  

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Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier, 31 July 1847
         Buffalo Daily Republic, 11 January, 1856