Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 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: Minnie Williams OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 16426 DATE OF LOSS: 25 Oct 1875 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Near Ludington RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Delaney at Wallaceburg - 1862 OWNER(S): George C. Finney, Chicago MASTER: P. A. Berry, Chicago TONNAGE: 288 tons DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 8 (all) Bound Cleveland to Chicago with 521 tons coal. Three bodies came ashore between Ludington and Pentwater. Her small boat and 1 oar came ashore near Ludington. It's likely that she sprung aleak during the storm that swept the area and the crew took to the small boat. Known Victims Capt. P. A. Berry, No. 10 Willow St., Chicago Robert Forsyethe, cook, Chicago Hermann Smith, mate, Port Colborne James Roxbury, Chicago, son of Thomas Roxbury ======================================================================== Sources: Lake Vessel Register - 1873 Annual Report of the USLSS - 1876 Chicago Inter-Ocean - 29 Oct 1875 Chicago Tribune - 29 Oct 1875 Green Bay Press-Gazette - 30 Oct 1875 Chicago Inter-Ocean - 1, 2 & 6 Nov 1875 Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1874