Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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: Conemaugh OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 125858 DATE OF LOSS: 21 November 1906 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, Point Pelee RIG TYPE: Prop., package freighter HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, MI - 1880 OWNER(S): Anchor Line MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 1,609.52 gt DIMENSIONS: 258 x 36.5 x 26 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 21 21 Oct. 1891 - Sunk in the Detroit River by collision with the NEW YORK. Raised and repaired. No loss of life. 21 Nov. 1906 - Went ashore on Point Pelee during a savage gale and broke in two. Pounded to pieces by heavy seas over the next few days. Crew rescued by the Point Pelee life-savers. ======================================================================== Sources: Greenwood "NAMESAKES 1900 - 1909", 1987 - p. 7 Swayze "Shipwreck!", 1992 - p. 59 Buffalo Enquirer, 22 October 1891 Buffalo Evening News, 24 November 1906 Ludington Daily News, 20 November 1998 Merchant Vessel List, 1885