Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 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: Marion Egan OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 7301 DATE OF LOSS: 22 Sept 1875 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Huron, 17 mi. SE from Thunder Bay Island Light RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. F. Squires, Huron, OH - 1861 OWNER(S): W. Christie, Erie MASTER: Capt. Louch TONNAGE: 261.72 gt DIMENSIONS: 135 CASUALTIES: 2 Bound Cleveland to Racine with coal when she came in collison with the downbound schooner E. R. WILLIAMS and was sunk. Major rebuild 1873 after running aground on Cove Island and being abandoned. Not in Merchant Vessel List 1871 or 1874 Not in Lake Underwriters - 1874 ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1875 Alpena Argus - 29 Sept 1875 Buffalo Commerceial Advertiser, 25 Sept 1875 History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, by J. B. Mansfied - 1899