Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2021 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: Frank W. Wheeler OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 120577 DATE OF LOSS: 30 September 1885 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Superior, about 10 miles N. of Au Sable RIG TYPE: Schooner barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, MI., 1884 OWNER(S): W. Forbes, Port Huron, MI MASTER: Capt. Armstrong TONNAGE: 797.48 gt - 775 nt DIMENSIONS: 190.0 x 34,8 x 15,6 CASUALTIES: 0 The F. W. WHEELER departed Two Harbors on Tuesday, September 29, in tow of the steamer KITTIE M. FORBES, both vessels laden with ore. The WHEELER sprang a bad leak the following morning and the pumps could not keep Lake Superior from filling her. All hands were taken aboard the FORBES with no loss of life. ======================================================================== Sources: Oswego Daily Times Express - 5 October 1885 Merchant Vessel List - 1885