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: Noquebay OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 18747 DATE OF LOSS: 5 October 1905 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Superior, Presque Isle RIG TYPE: schooner-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: A. A. Turner shipyard, Trenton, MI - 1872 OWNER(S): T. F. Madden estate, Bay City MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 684 gt, 652 nt DIMENSIONS: 205.2 x 34.7 x 12.5 CASUALTIES: 0 Was in tow of the steamer LIZZIE MADDEN when fire started in the boiler room. The MADDEN headed for shore and beached the burning NOQUEBAY at Presque Isle where she burned to the water's edge. Had been bound for Bay City with 600,000 feet of lumber. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Free Press - 10 October 1905 Buffalo Evening News - 10 October 1905 Merchant Vessel List - 1900, 1904, 1906