Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Silver Spray OTHER NAME(s): Bloomer Girl (renamed 1903) OFFICIAL NO: 3679 DATE OF LOSS: 15 July 1914 REASON: "wrecked" LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Morgan Shoal, Chicago harbor RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. W. Collins, Ludington - 1894 OWNER(S): Florence Miller, Chicago MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 95 gt DIMENSIONS: 109 x 22 x 8 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 8 Was on her way to pick up 200 students from the University of Chicago to take them on a tour of the Gary Steel Mills when she ran aground on Morgan Shoal. As the life-saving service attempted to pull her off a storm blew up and knocked her over. The boiler, which is still visible about 200 yards from the 49th street bridge, caught portions of the boat on fire. ======================================================================== Sources: Ludington Daily News, 28 September 1996 Beeson's Marine Directory, 1909 Merchant Vessel List - 1904, 1915 Blue Book of American Shipping, 1913 "Bulletin" No. 23, U.S. Lake Survey, 1914 "Bulletin" No. 30, U.S. Lake Survey, 1921 WTTW Channel 11 News, Chicago -"Shipwreck on Chicago's Shore Line" 26 September 2012 Last updated 18 January 2015