Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Selah Chamberlain OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 115147 REASON: Collision DATE OF LOSS: 14 Oct 1886 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 6 miles east of Sheboygan, WI RIG TYPE: Prop HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, 1873 OWNER(S): M. A. Bradley, of Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Greenley TONNAGE: 1,207.01 gt LENGTH: 221.5 ft BEAM: 36.3 ft DEPTH: 14.0 ft CASUALTIES: 5 of 16 Bound Milwaukee to Escanaba in a dense fog, with FAYETTE BROWN in tow, was run into by the steamer JOHN PRIDGEON, JR. and sank within 15 minutes. Crew took to the yawl boats but 5 were lost when fouled lifeboat davits dumped them into the lake. At the time of the sinking the CHAMBERLAIN was valued at $54,000 but was only insured for $6,000! Two days later the PRIDGEON was seized by U.S. Marhals and libeled for $65,000. Following a lawsuit the Vermont Central Railway Company paid the Bradley estate $44,000 for the loss of the CHAMBERLAIN. Efforts to salvage the CHAMBERLAIN were abandoned in 1889 after great expense. While the FAYETTE BROWN escaped this incident, she was run down and sunk by the propeller NORTHERN QUEEN on Lake Erie on 4 June 1891. Victims: Louis Dunphy, second engineer, Erie, PA Joseph Robinson, firemand, Canada Scottie ______ Barney ______ Jack ______ ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List, 1884 New York Times, 15 & 17 October 1886 Warsaw Daily Times, 15 October 1886 The Daily Argus, Crawfordsville, IN., 16 October 1886 Meriden Daily Republican, 14 October 1886 Milwaukee Journal, 3 September 1985