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: Annie C. Waters OTHER NAME(s): aka only A. C. Waters OFFICIAL NO: 105236 DATE OF LOSS: 16 November 1886 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, abt. 10 miles off Michigan City, IN RIG TYPE: Tugboat, propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. P. Arnold, Muskegon, MI - 1873 OWNER(S): Capt. A. D. Campbell MASTER: same ? TONNAGE: 41.16 gt DIMENSIONS: 55.66 x 15.42 x 7.25 CASUALTIES: none reported. Burned while towing a scow loaded with stone from Chicago to Michigan City, IN. Originally owned by Capt. T. J. Waters and named for his daughter. July 3, 1878 - Given credit for saving the lumber laden steam-barge FAYETTE from burning while at Peck's lumber yard, Michigan City, IN., by using her small pump to throw water on the burning vessel and getting her away from the dock. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1879 Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I" - p. 746 Chicago Inter Ocean, 4 July 1878