Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: William T. Graves OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 26172 DATE OF LOSS: 31 October 1885 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Dovers Point, N. Manitou Island RIG TYPE: Propeller, steam-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, 1867 OWNER(S): Carrington & Co., Toledo MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 1,074 gt DIMENSIONS: 207 x 35 x 14 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated Built as a bark but changed to a propeller in 1870. GRAVES and consort, GEORGE W. ADAMS, ran ashore during a snow squall while enroute from Chicago to Buffalo laden with grain. The ADAMS was got off after jettisoning part of her cargo but the GRAVES was hard on the rocks and went to pieces on the 15th of November. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report U.S.L.S.S., 1886 The Toledo Blade, 19 April 1867 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 8 April 1870 Merchant Vessel List, 1885 The Marine Record, 12 & 19 November 1885 Last updated 18 December 2014