Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NAME: Grace Whitney OTHER NAME(s): - REASON: Collision DATE: 30 July 1910 LOCATION: Lake Erie, 3 miles below Bar Point TYPE: schooner barge HULL TYPE: wooden BUILDER: Gibralter, MI, 1866 by Roderick Calkins OWNER: MASTER: Capt. Ross Heath TONNAGE: 289.66 gross - 275.18 net LENGTH: 141 ft BEAM: 26 ft DEPTH: 11.42 ft CASUALTIES: 2 SURVIVORS: 5 On July 30, 1910, the GRACE WHITNEY was en route from Sandusky, OH., to Port Huron, MI., the last in a string of 3 barges being towed by the propeller, MAINE. BARGE CAPTAIN LOSES HIS WIFE AND CHILD -------------- Steamer Ogdensburg Runs Down Grace Whitney And Two Are Drowned -------------- Detroit, Mich., Aug. 1. - Two lives were lost early Sunday when the barge Grace Whitney was run down by the steamer Ogdensburg three miles below Bar Point Light in Lake Erie. Capt. Ross Heath of Marine City, master of the barge and husband and father of the two victims, and the members of his crew had narrow escapes. The Whitney was third of three barges in tow of the steamer Maine, all laden with coal, were bound for Port Huron. The Ogdensburg, an Anchor Line steel package freighter, was bound down with a heavy cargo. When the Ogdensburg crashed into the Whitney the captain's wife and two children were asleep in their stateroom. They rushed for the deck and a torrent of water engulfed them. That was the last seen of the womanand her 10 year old son. The other child, a girl, clung to some wreckage and was picked up with the other sur- vivors. Buffalo Evening News, 1 August, 1910 Capt. Ross Heath was born Sept, 1868, son of Horace and Emily Heath. Carrie, his wife, was born February, 1872. Henry, his only son, was born August, 1899 and Emma, the daughter who survived the collision, was born January, 1894. ======================================================================== Sources: - Lake Carriers' Association Report, Vessel Losses During 1910 Season, p. 137 - Buffalo Evening News, August 1, 1910 - 1900 Federal Census, Marine City, St. Clair Co., MI - 1870 Federal Census, East China Twp., St. Clair Co., MI