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: Lumberman OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 14828 DATE OF LOSS: 6 April 1893 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, six miles off Windmill Point RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Litchfield, at Grand Haven, 1862 OWNER(S): Hanson & Mahrek, Kewaunee, WI MASTER: Capt. O. Voss TONNAGE: 159.89 gt - 151.90 nt DIMENSIONS: 126.5 x 23.5 x 7.1 CASUALTIES: 0 of 6 Capsized during a storm and sank while bound Chicago to Kewaunee, light. Her crew clung to the cross trees until picked up by the passing steamer MENOMINEE. Spars and jibboom removed on June 23, 1893 for being a hazard to navigation. ======================================================================== Sources: Executive Documents, House of Representatives, 2nd Session, 53rd Congress, 1893-'94 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Milwaukee Journal, 8 April 1893 Marine Review, 14 December 1893 Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1875, 1877, 1888 R. L. Polk Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1888