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: Shook OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: - REASON: Storm DATE OF LOSS: November 1869 LOCATION: Lake Erie, Rond Eau RIG TYPE: Schr, fore-and-aft HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: F. D. Ketchum, Huron - 1856 OWNER(S): Capt. J. L. Higgie MASTER: - TONNAGE: 361 LENGTH: ? BEAM: ? DEPTH: ? CASUALTIES: not mentioned SURVIVORS: Early years spent carrying corn and wheat. Carried coal and lumber in her final years. Sold during the fall of 1865 by C. M. Lindgreen, of Chicago, to James Higgie, of same, for $12,000. "MUTINY AND NAVIGATION EXTRAORDINARY, - On last Monday the crew of the schooner SHOOK mutinied and deserted the vessel while she was loading lumber at Menominee. Capt. L. Johnson, her master, hired an extra force of men and finished loading Monday evening, when, being unable to get any sailors, he set sail for Chicago with only himself, two mates, and a boy for his crew. He arrived at that port Thursday evening, after a two days' run. The burthen of the SHOOK is 361 tons, and she brought in a cargo of *10 ** lumber. This is certainly one of the greatest feats ever accomplished on the lakes, and demonstrates that Capt. Johnson is a man of extraordinary nerve and perseverance. The distance from Menominee to Chicago is 255 miles." Buffalo Courier & Republic, 13 September 1869 Bound from Erie to Chicago with coal, went ashore at Rond Eau, Lake Erie. Bottom out, sails, anchores and small boat gone. Rated B1 and insured for $10,000. ======================================================================== Sources:Buffalo Daily Courier, 3 June 1856 (new vessel) Buffalo Daily Courier, 7 November 1865 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 23 November 1869