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    VESSEL NAME:   Alide J. Rogers
    OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen only as A. J. Rogers
    OFFICIAL NO:   1552
    DATE OF LOSS:  8 October 1898
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded  
    LOCATION:      Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Bailey Bros., Madison Dock, 1862
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Thomas M. Ryan
    MASTER:        Capt. Frank Coulson
    TONNAGE:       340.08 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    137.5 x 26.1 x 12.5
    CASUALTIES:    None
    
                   Ran on a reef near the lighthouse and stove a hole
                 in her bottom. Driven off the reef by the wind but
                 quickly went to pieces and to the bottom. Crew escaped
                 to the lighthouse.
                   Carrying pig iron.
    
                   Rebuilt 1878, repairs 1887-'88


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Sources: Merchant Vessel Lists - 1869, '74, '78, '87, '91, '95, '96, '97
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884
         Beeson's Marine Directory - 1899
         Detroit Free Press - 11 & 12 October 1898