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: Hippocampus OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 11819 DATE OF LOSS: 8 September 1868 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off St. Joseph RIG TYPE: Propeller, passenger & freight HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: G. Hanson, St. Joseph, MI - 1867 OWNER(S): Bronson, Morrison, Houghton, et al. MASTER: Capt. Henry W. Brown TONNAGE: 153 gt DIMENSIONS: 100 x 20 x 7 CASUALTIES: 26 of 41 The HIPPOCAMPUS was overwhelmed by a heavy northeast gale after leaving Benton Harbor for Chicago with a cargo of peaches and carrying passengers. Fifteen survivors, including Capt. Brown, clung to wreckage for over thirty- six hours. It was alleged that the HIPPOCAMPUS was overloaded with 1,000 extra bushels of peaches, and that she was improperly loaded as well. The owners and Capt. Brown, who survived the loss, vehemently denied the charge. ======================================================================== Sources: Coolidge, O. W. "Twentieth Century History of Berrien County" Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Vol. I Myers, Robert C. "Historical Sketches of Berrien County" "Inland Seas" Vol. 11 - 1955 Merchant Vessel List - 1869 Chicago Tribune - 10 September 1868 Detroit Free Press - 16 September 1868 The Tribune, Hornelleville, N.Y. - 17 September 1868 Utica (N.Y.) Daily Observer - 15 September 1868