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: White Squall OTHER NAME(s): -- OFFICIAL NO: 26248 REASON: Collision in storm DATE OF LOSS: 29 September 1872 LOCATION: Lake Huron, 15 miles off Tawas Point RIG TYPE: Schooner - 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: John Oades, Clayton, N.Y., 1853 OWNER(S): Hughe Coynes MASTER: Capt. D. J. Stimson, Detroit TONNAGE: 241 gt LENGTH: 131 ft BEAM: 25.3 ft DEPTH: 10.4 ft CASUALTIES: (not stated in news articles) SURVIVORS: 1 Bound down with iron ore in tow of the PRINDEVILLE when she collided with another tow, the LILLIE NAU. Crew took to small boats but were capsized in breakers and lost. The lone survivor, Frank Root, was rescued by the steamer BENTON and cared for by the townspeople of Tawas. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Free Press, 2 October 1872 Buffalo Evening Courier and Republic, 2 October 1872