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: Nevada OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 130218 DATE OF LOSS: 14 November 1890 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Michigan, off Two Rivers, WI RIG TYPE: Propeller, steam screw HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Wm. Crosthwaite, Bay City, MI - 1882 OWNER(S): Capt. W. H. Landgraf et al. - Sandusky MASTER: Capt. James P. Godman TONNAGE: 634.24 gt, 504.08 nt DIMENSIONS: 186 x 30 x 12 CASUALTIES: none Bound for Sheboygan from Sandusky, laden with coal, when she began to leak and sunk off Two Rivers. The steamer Manchester attempted to tow her in but dropped her when she became unmanageable. ======================================================================== Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, 18 November 1890 The Milwaukee Daily Journal, 15 November 1893 The Chicago Tribune, 16, 17 & 24 November 1893 The Grand Rapids Herald, 18 November 1893 The Indicator (insurance journal), Vol. IX, Jan. 1890 - Dec. 1890 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" - 1899 Plumb, Ralph Gordon "History of Manitowoc County" Merchant Vessel List - 1883, 1884, 1890 Marine Record, 14 June 1894