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. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: La Petite OTHER NAME(s): none OFFICIAL NO: 15100 REASON: Capsized DATE OF LOSS: 7 September 1903 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Sturgeon Bay Canal RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Huron, OH., 1866 OWNER(S): Theodore Planter, Milwaukee, WI (at loss) *some sources spell surname as Plathner. MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 172 gt LENGTH: 119 ft BEAM: 23.7 ft DEPTH: 8.3 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 5 7 Sept 1903 - Bound from Fox Lake to Milwaukee with hard- wood slabs when became water-logged off Sturgeon Bay Canal and capsized while being towed to harbor. Crew of 5 rescued by life savers. ======================================================================== Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1903, p. 9 Milwaukee Journal, 9 September 1903