Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 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: M. Capron OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 90772 DATE OF LOSS: 31 October 1898 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Baileys Harbor, WI RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Conneaut, OH. - 1875 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 169.66 gt DIMENSIONS: 116.4 x 22.5 x 8.9 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 5 The Witch of November came early to Baileys Harbor and shoved the M. CAPRON broadside to the beach where she broke up. Crew taken off by the Baileys Harbor life-saving crew. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1900 - pp. 124 Merchant Vessel List - 1884, 1889 Last updated 5 January 2015