Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: City of Rome OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 1125914 DATE OF LOSS: 7 May 1914 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Erie, off Ripley, N.Y. RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, 1881 OWNER(S): James Mitchell, Cleveland, OH MASTER: Capt. William Dunn, Cleveland, OH TONNAGE: 1,908 gt - 1,594 nt DIMENSIONS: 268.2 x 40.2 x 20.3 CASUALTIES: 0 of 12 By the time the fire was discovered in her hold, it had gained such headway that it could not be contained. She was beached at Ripley where she burned to the water's edge. Bound light from Buffalo to Toledo for a load of coal for Milwaukee. Sold at marshal's sale in August, 1899, to satisfy a dispute between owners and underwriters following her going ashore late in 1898. Bought by J. C. Gilchrist. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1904, 1914 (losses) Oswego Daily Times, 7 May 1914 Marine Review - February 1915