Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Rising Sun OTHER NAME(s): Minnie M. OFFICIAL NO: 91674 DATE OF LOSS: 29 October 1917 CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded LOCATION: Pyramid Point, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Propeller, steam screw, passenger & freight HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Detroit, 1884 OWNER(S): House of David MASTER: Capt. Morrison, of St. Joseph, MI TONNAGE: 417 gt DIMENSIONS: 133.3 x 26 x 10.8 CASUALTIES: None of 26 While enroute from High Island to Benton Harbor, with 3,000 bushels of potatoes and six passengers, the RISING SUN was overtaken by a strong gale and driven ashore at Pyramid Point. After taking to the life boats the entire crew and passengers were rescued by the Pyramid Point Coast Guard and local spectators. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1914, 1918 Port Huron Times Herald - 30 October 1917 Benton Harbor News-Palladium - 30 October 1817