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: William Livingstone, Jr. OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 80411 DATE OF LOSS: 7 October 1880 CAUSE OF LOSS: Mechanical failure LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Cana Island RIG TYPE: Tug / towboat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Port Huron Drydock Company - 1874 OWNER(S): Peshtigo Co. MASTER: Capt. Wm. Nicholson TONNAGE: 291.58 gt DIMENSIONS: 127.6 x 26 x 13.6 CASUALTIES: None Was bound for Peshtigo with two barges in tow when her main shaft broke causing the wheel to drop off. The crew escaped to the barges as water poured in through the 14-inch hole through which the shaft passed. The barges were towed in by the FAVORITE. ======================================================================== Sources: Door County Advocate - 7 & 14 October 1880 Merchant Vessel List - 1878