Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: J. A. Travis OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 13862 DATE OF LOSS: 16 November 1893 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Cana Island RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Arnold, Pentwater, MI - 1868 OWNER(S): Capt. Albert Icke, Sturgeon Bay MASTER: Capt. Albert Icke TONNAGE: 101.28 gt DIMENSIONS: 106 x 20 x 6 CASUALTIES: none mentioned Stranded on Cana Island and pounded to pieces in a gale. Her owner and master retired from the lakes after her wreck. ======================================================================== Sources: Chicago Tribune - 18 August 1868 *calls her a new schooner launched July 25 (1868) Los Angeles Herald - 18 November 1893 Door County Advocate - 25 November 1893 Beeson's Insland Marine Guide - 1892 Marine Review - 14 December 1893 (vessels passed out) Merchant Vessel List - 1881