Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 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: Kate Kelly OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 14031 DATE OF LOSS: 13 May 1895 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Wind Point light near Racine RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3-masted HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. B. Martell, Tonawanda, N.Y. - 1867 OWNER(S): Capt. Harvey J. Hatch, Chicago MASTER: (same) TONNAGE: 257.32 gt, 244.46 nt DIMENSIONS: 126.3 x 25.8 x 10.4 CASUALTIES: 7 (all) Bound Alpena to Chicago with railroad ties when she was overtaken by a spring gale, capsized and sunk off Wind Point light. Wreck removed as a hazard to navigation in October that year. 1869 - called a schooner, home port Buffalo 1871 - called a schooner, home port Oswego ======================================================================== Sources: Finn, Leo J. "Old Shipping Days in Oswego" - 1972 Swayze, David D. "Shipwreck!" - 1992 Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1891 Detroit Free Press, 15 May 1895