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: Chas. L. Hutchinson OTHER NAME(s): Butcher Boy (Off. # 2149 - renamed 1881) OFFICIAL NO: 125951 DATE OF LOSS: 3 October 1887 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, six miles off Windmill Point RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Eaton & Church, Cleveland - 1866, as a scow-schooner OWNER(S): J. T. Hutchison, Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Frank Brown, Elyria, OH TONNAGE: 297 gt DIMENSIONS: 166.2 x 27.9 x 8.1 CASUALTIES: None of 7 Lumber laden from Alpena in tow of the MISSOURI when she broke loose in a severe gale and went to anchor. As her stern broke off the crew took to the yawl and, by what was claimed to nothing short of a miracle, all made it safely to shore. Rebuilt and lengthened by 30 ft in 1881. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884 Green Bay Press-Gazette - 5 October 1887 The Marine Record - 6 October 1887