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    VESSEL NAME:   Alice E. Getty
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   105010
    DATE OF LOSS:  20 November 1884
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Pentwater
    RIG TYPE:      Tug
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       H. C. Piersons, Ferrysburg, MI - 1871
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Dalton (Whitehall), Chas. Allen (Muskegon)
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       38.3 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    70 x 25.5 x 7.3
    CASUALTIES:    none of 4

                   In violent wind and high sea, with a crib intended for
                Pentwater in tow, her tow line was carried from the deck
                and became entangled in her wheel resulting in her strand-
                ing and being wrecked upon the beach, just north of Pent-
                water light. Crew taken off after daylight by Capt. Adams,
                J. Vanatter and one of Sands & Maxwell's teamsters. It was
                reported early on that the GETTY was in good shape and
                would likely be saved but she was left in place and ravaged
                by the next storm even though there had been fair weather
                between events.
                  The owners had made application to the Continental
                Insurance Company for a policy on her hull in the amount of
                $4,000 on November 19th, the day before the GETTY was
                wrecked. The insurance was not placed upon the tug until
                after 11 a.m. the following day, several hours after the
                GETTY went on the beach. The Muskegon agent, when contact-
                ing the Chicago agent, was very insistant that the risk was
                to be effective on the 19th. The insurance was placed even
                though the Chicago agent had already read newspaper reports
                of her wreck. Suit was brought by the owners in 1887 when
                Continental refused to pay the insurance. Jury found for
                the plaintiffs, assessing their damages at $5,348.47. Her
                engine and boilers were salvaged in 1889 and put into the
                tug WELCOME.

                  In June, 1876, while owned by Capt. Wm. Frazier, the
                GETTY caught fire and burned to the water's edge at
                Muskegon. Said to have been scuttled and raised the
                following day. Only partially insured. The following
                October she again caught fire and lost all of her deck-
                work. Thought to be arson. Libelled for supplies and
                repairs and ordered to be sold. Before sale occurred
                several more libels were filed in Michigan and Illinois
                including those for seaman's wages.


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Sources: Sherman, Elizabeth "Beyond the Windswept Dunes"
         University of Michigan, Great Lakes Maritime Database
         Merchant Vessels of the United States - 1874, 1878, 1881
         Detroit Free Press, 7 October 1876
         Detroit Free Press, 28 February 1877

         Miller v. The Tug Alice Getty
           U.S. District Court, W.D. Michigan 9 April 1877
           http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/report/admiralty/getty-alice-e-
           lawsuit-1877.txt

         Continental Insurance Co., of N.Y.C. -vs- Cullen C. Allen, et. al.
         http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/report/admiralty/getty-alice-e-
         lawsuit-1888.txt

         Chicago Tribune, 21 November 1884
         The Pentwater News, 20 & 27 November 1884
         The Ludington Record, 27 November 1884
         Chicago Tribune, 8 April 1887