Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 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: Willis OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: ? (US) DATE OF LOSS: 11 November 1872 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Erie, 15 mi. E of Point Pelee RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: P. Larson, Racine, WI - 1872 OWNER(S): James R. Slauson & Wm. R. Pugh MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 245.28 gt DIMENSIONS: 131 x 27 x 9 CASUALTIES: 0 The WILLIS was bound Chicago to Buffalo loaded with barley when she was run into by the bark ELIZABETH JONES and sank very quickly. Her crew was picked up by the JONES and both masters protested on arrival in port. The libel and cross-libel cases went on for years, finally ending in 1884 when the WILLIS was exonerated and the JONES found at fault. ======================================================================== Sources: United States Reports, Vol. 112 - October term, 1884 Chicago Daily Tribune, 12 November 1872 Buffalo Courier & Republic, 14 November 1872 Great Lakes Maritime Database, University of Michigan