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: Jacob Bertschy OTHER NAME(s): - REASON: DATE: 3 September 1879 LOCATION: TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: wooden BUILDER: Stokes & Lochlin at Sheboygan in 1867 OWNER: John Bertschy 1867 - 1873 purchased by the Englemann Transportation Co., Sept 1, 1873 MASTER: TONNAGE: 467 gt LENGTH: 145 ft overall BEAM: 26 ft, 4 in DEPTH: 10.5 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: August 8, 1868 - Lying in the Muskegon River was run into by the brig CITY OF ERIE and the schooner C. HARRISON November 1, 1869 - Broken wheel at Pentwater, MI November, 1872 - Ashore, sunk, at Escanaba, MI June 1873 - Collision with schooner Warren, Lake Michigan January 1, 1874 - Aground at Milwaukee, WI - damage $400 July 1874 - broken crosshead off Manistee, MI April 19, 1876 - Aground near St. Clair, MI. September 3, 1879 - Wrecked of Port Austin Reef. ======================================================================== Sources: Casualty List for 1874 Chicago Tribune - 11 August 1868 Mansfield - History of the Great Lakes