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    VESSEL NAME:   Calumet
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   126237
    DATE OF LOSS:  27 November 1889
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off Fort Sheridan, IL
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, steambarge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1884
    OWNER(S):      James Ash, Buffalo, N.Y.
    MASTER:        Capt. O. M. Green
    TONNAGE:       1,526 gt, 1,180 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    256.66 x 37.16 x 19.66
    CASUALTIES:    0 of 18

                   The CALUMET was bound from Buffalo to Milwaukee
                 with her cargo of coal when she ran afoul of an anchor
                 on the bottom of the Detroit River and sprung a leak.
                 She put in at Detroit long enough for quick repairs and
                 to take on board a steam pump.
                    A furious gale came on after she passed through the
                 Straits of Mackinac and pounded her as she proceeded down
                 Lake Michigan. The repairs made at Detroit failed and the
                 steam pump, working at full capacity, could not keep the
                 inflow of water under control. Capt. Green attempted to
                 reach Chicago when wind driven sleet and blinding snow
                 obliterated the lights of Milwaukee Harbor.
                    The pump gave out and, with the water now gaining
                 rapidly, the decision was made to run her ashore. Heavily
                 laden with coal, and with so much water in her hold, she
                 didn't go very far before she grounded heavily on a shoal
                 about 1,000 yards from shore. Eighteen men spent a
                 terribly long night as the gale screamed around them.
                    The next morning found the Evanston lifesaving crew
                 joined by soldiers from nearby Fort Sheridan and a
                 determined group of civilian volunteers working together
                 in a concentrated effort, and in true heroic fashion, to
                 rescue all eighteen souls from the stricken CALUMET.

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Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1890
         Chicago Tribune, 29 & 30 November 1889
         The Buffalo Express, 29 November 1889
         Merchant Vessel List - 1887, 1888