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: E. P. Dorr OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 7516 DATE OF LOSS: 14 November 1881 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm, foundered LOCATION: Lake Erie, Tecumseh Reef RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Jacob Banta, Chicago - 1861 OWNER(S): Capt. Peter Dufrane, Jr., & his father MASTER: Capt. Peter Dufrane, Jr. TONNAGE: 215.92 gt DIMENSIONS: 120 x 26 x 10 CASUALTIES: 6 or 7 (all) Left Toledo with a cargo of oak plank and timber consigned to Taylor & Crate, of Buffalo, when she was overtaken by a gale of wind and snow. Wreckage and cargo came ashore at Point Abino and Port Colborne Partial list of victims: Capt. Peter Durane, Jr. First Mate James Reno - St. Catherines, Ont. Michael Rooney - Toledo,OH James Blakeley - Detroit, MI 2 unknown ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 19 July 1861 Merchant Vessel Lists - 1869,'70, '71, '72, 73,'74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81 Cleveland Herald - 21 November 1881 Buffalo Evening News - 21 & 22 November 1881