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: Erie Belle OTHER NAME(s): Hector (renamed in 1878 when sold Canadian) OFFICIAL NO: (US 11195) (Can. ?) DATE OF LOSS: 21 November 1883 CAUSE OF LOSS: Explosion LOCATION: Lake Huron, Kincardine, Ont. RIG TYPE: Tug / towboat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Cleveland - 1862 OWNER(S): O'Dette & Wherry, Windsor, Ont. MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 107.46 gt DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 4 of 12 Exploded her boiler and was "blown to atoms," as she attempted to release the schooner J. N. CARTER. Four of her crew were killed. The remainder were resuced by the Kincardine lifeboat crew. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1871, 1878 Detroit Post & Tribune - 10 April 1879 Buffalo Evening News - 22 November 1883 The Locomotive - Vol. 5, 1884