Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Alva Bradley OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 1910 DATE OF LOSS: 15 October 1894 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Between the Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, 1870 OWNER(S): Bradley Transportation, Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Peterson ? TONNAGE: 649.18 gt DIMENSIONS: 189.5 x 32 x 13.9 CASUALTIES: None of 8 The ALVA BRADLEY and S. H. KIMBALL were in tow of the steamer JAY S. FAY, and bound for Milwaukee with a cargo of steel billets, when the trio was overwhelmed by a heavy gale. The BRADLEY had sprung a leak and broke, or was cut, adrift after passing Fox Island. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L Polk Marine Directory - 1891 Merchant Vessel List - 1885 Racine Journal Times - 16 October 1894 The Inter Ocean - 16 October 1894 Buffalo Morning Express - 16 October 1894