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We give below a statement of Marine Disasters during the past year, together with the loss of life and property consequent thereupon. It has been prepared by Captain E. P. Dorr, Marine Inspector of the Buffalo Mutual Insurance Company, who has spared no expense or pains in obtaining the most accurate and reliable data. This statement shows an enormous increase in the amount of losses for 1854, as compared with previous years. Returns received from several points are not as full as could have been desired, but the list in believed to be as correct as it was possible to make it, though the aggregate loss, as appears by that table, is undoubtedly far below the actual amount.
The loss of life in
which shows an increase as compared with 1853, though a large decrease as compared with 1852.
The loss of property for the past three years compares as follows:
Showing an enormous increase in 1854, as compared with 1853, of $1,313,682. This statement will be found valuable to those engaged in the commerce of the lakes, as well as others, for present use, and future reference.
|
Loss of Life |
Property |
| JANUARY |
| Steamer AMERICA stranded on the
rocks in Dunkirk Harbor. |
--- |
$10,000 |
| APRIL |
| Scow-schooner STAR sunk in
Detroit River with a cargo of stone |
3 |
$1,000 |
| Schooner SEVENTY SIX beached at
Now Buffalo, Lake Michigan |
1 |
$600 |
| Schooner PRESIDENT beached at
Muskegan,Lake Michigan |
- |
$800 |
| Schooner MAINE beached at
Muskegan, Lake Michigan |
- |
$400 |
| Schooner TRAVELLER beached at
Muskegan, Lake Michigan |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner BALTIC beached at
Muskegan,Lake Michigan |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner HENRY CLAY lost one man
overboard off Muskegan, Lake Michigan |
1 |
|
| Steamer TRAVELLER broke her shaft
on Lake Michigan. |
- |
$1200 |
| Brig. CAROLINE lost
centre-board.and damaged spare and sails on Lake Michigan. |
|
$1000 |
| Brig. MINNESOTA driven against
breakwater at Chicago. |
- |
$4,000 |
| Brig. F. C. CLARK sprung a leak
in Lake Michigan put back to Chicago with damaged cargo |
- |
$3,600 |
| Schooner FASHION sprung a leak on
Lake Michigan lost sails and otherwise damaged |
- |
$1,200 |
| Schooner ROCKY MOUNTAIN beached
at Grand River, Lake Michigan |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner EQUATOR beached near
Sheboygan,Lake Michigan |
- |
$1,500 |
| Schooner SAM STRONG struck by
lightning on Lake Michigan |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner NORTH YUBA beached at
Sheboygan, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner TWIN BROTHERS beached at
Milwaukee |
3 |
$700 |
| Schooner ROCKY MOUNTAIN driven
against breakwater at Chicago |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner WHIRLWIND. lost three
men off scow loading at Manistee |
3 |
------ |
| Schooner MERCHANT waterlogged off
Chicago |
5 |
$2,200 |
| Schooner ARROW driven against
breakwater at Chicago |
3 |
$2,000 |
| Schooner MAINE driven against
breakwater at Chicago |
- |
$4,000 |
| Schooner P. HAYDEN driven against
breakwater at Chicago |
- |
$4,400 |
| Schooner LIZZIE THROOP driven
against breakwater at Chicago |
- |
$2,100 |
| Brig. O. RICHMOND driven against
breakwater at Chicago |
- |
$5,000 |
| Brig. MARY lost anchors and
chains, split sails &c. off Chicago. |
- |
$1,500 |
| Steamer AMERICA ashore at Point
Au Pelee, Lake Erie. |
- |
$20,000 |
| Propeller IOWA broke her shaft
and returned to Buffalo |
- |
$1,500 |
| Schooner ADELIA foundered on Lake
Ontario, all hands lost. |
5 |
$6,000 |
| Scow-schooner VIRAGO beached at
Sandusky total loss |
- |
$2,000 |
| Brig. H. WHEATON ashore at head
of Lake Ontario |
- |
$1,600 |
| Propeller DAYTON. ashore at
Cobourg C. W., Lake Ontario. Jettisoned flour to get off |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller PRINCETON. while in the
ice, sunk off Barcelona with full load of merchandise bound Up |
- |
$200,000 |
| Propeller CLIFTON, ashore at
Point aux Barks, Lake Huron |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner DAHLIA, ashore at East
Sisters, Lake Erie.Jettisoned cargo |
- |
$700 |
| Schooner REBECCA ashore at head
of Lake Erie Jettisoned cargo |
- |
$2,300 |
| Schooner ROBERT WOOD, waterlogged
and capsized off Dunkirk, Lake Erie |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner D. W. CHURCH, ashore at
Vermilion, Lake Erie |
- |
$6,000 |
| Propeller GENERAL TAYLOR. ashore
in Dunkirk Harbor, on the rocks |
- |
$3,000 |
| Propeller INDIANA, against the
pier at Cleveland, badly damaged. |
- |
$1,500 |
| Schooner SYLPH, ashore on Long
Point, Lake Erie, jettisoned cargo |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner EMBLEM ashore at head of
Lake Ontario. |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer NIAGARA, struck a rock at
head of Lake Erie, and went into dock for repairs. |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner NILE, damaged by ice in
St. Clair River. |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner AMERICA, damaged against
pier at Ashtabula |
- |
$500 |
| Brig OLEANDER, partially
dismasted. &c,. Detroit River |
- |
$700 |
| MAY |
| Schooner Wm. F. ALLEN, sunk near
Malden C. W. |
- |
$3,000 |
| Propeller SUN, ashore on Point Au
Pelee Island, Jettisoned iron |
- |
$1,000 |
| Steamers NOVELTY and CANADIAN
collided on the Bay Of Quinte, Lake 0ntario, the latter boat ran
ashore to save sinking, no lives lost |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner Wm. STURGES, lost
foremast and made Chicago |
- |
$1,500 |
| Propeller H. A. KENT, loaded with
merchandise, took fire, burned and sunk off Gravelly Bay, Lake Erie |
- |
$100,000 |
| Steamer GARDEN CITY. sunk near De
Tour, Lake Michigan, machinery and boat, total loss |
- |
$50,000 |
| Schooner S. A. GREEN, capsized on
Lake Ontario |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner BUTTLES. sprung a leak
and sunk on Bar Point, Lake Erie |
- |
$1,000 |
| Steamer DETROIT and Bark. NUCLEUS
collided on Saginaw Bay, in thick fog, steamer sunk in 30 fathoms |
- |
$25,000 |
| Steamer TRAVELLER and Brig. KIRK
WHITE, collided on Lake Michigan, during fog |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner HURRICANE. Ashore on
Long Point C. W. Lake Erie |
- |
$6,000 |
| Schooner E. M. LYON. ashore on
Long Point, Lake Erie. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Schooner CITIZEN, lost foremast
off Long Point C.W., Lake Erie |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner DeWITT, collided with
above vessel on Lake Erie. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Scow-schooner ROCKY MOUNTAIN.
beached at Grand River, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner FISHER. lost man,
Straits of Mackinaw |
1 |
$ ---- |
| Propeller MONTEZUMA, sprang a
leak off Manistee, Lake Michigan, jettisoned cargo |
- |
$7,000 |
| Steamer FASHION. broke shaft,
Lake Michigan |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. GLOBE, struck by lightning
in Chicago Harbor. |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner CALCUTTA, lost man
overboard off Twin River Lake Michigan |
1 |
|
| Schooner MELROSE, dismasted off
Point Betsy, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner FASHION, damaged cargo
of wheat, Lake Erie. |
- |
$1,800 |
| Schooner POTOMAC, ashore at Sodus
Bay, with a cargo of wheat. |
- |
$8,000 |
| Schooner CONVOY, sprung a leak
Lake Erie and returned to Detroit for repairs |
- |
$600 |
| Bark. NORTHERN LIGHT. ashore on
Long Point, Lake Ontario. |
- |
$800 |
| JUNE |
| Schooner MANSFIELD. ashore on
Snake Island, Lake Ontario |
- |
$600 |
| Steamer FASHION, ashore near
Chicago |
- |
$5,000 |
| Brig. J. Y. SEAMMON, ashore at
South Manitou, Lake Michigan |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner PETREL, capsized, lost
and all hands, on Lake Michigan. |
4 |
$2,500 |
| Schooner -------- (new) ashore at
Manitowac, Lake Michigan |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner ALBION, ashore on East
Sister, Lake Erie |
- |
$5,000 |
| Steamer GEN. HARRISON, ashore
near Chicago, Lake Michigan |
- |
$5,000 |
| Propeller BUCEPHALUS, struck a
rock and filled at Lexington, Lake Huron |
- |
$15,000 |
| Brig. FASHION, damaged cargo of
grain |
- |
$500 |
| Brig. ANDES. danaged sails..spars
and rigging in gale |
- |
$1,500 |
| Propeller SCIOTA, damaged cargo
an Lake Huron, gale wind. |
- |
$1,000 |
| JULY |
| Schooner AUSTRALIA, struck by
lightning on Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner DUKE, sunk off Toronto,
cargo pig iron. |
6 |
$12,000 |
| Schooner VIRGINIA PURDY, struck
by lightning, Lake Michigan |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner A. SCOTT. sprung a leak
on Lake 0ntario, jetted 200 bars R/R iron, and made port |
- |
$2,500 |
| Propeller YOUNG AMERICA. struck a
rock in St. Lawrence River and sunk, loaded with corn |
- |
$20,000 |
| Schooner WATER WITCH, collided
with Prop. NEW ENGLAND in Detroit River- the schooner sunk |
- |
$5,000 |
| Propeller BOSTON. collided with
schooner off Oak Orchard, Lake Ontario. The propeller sunk in deep
water |
- |
$35,000 |
| Schooner EXCELSIOR, ashore at
Sleeping Bear, Lake Michigan |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner H.N.GATES. ashore at
Pier Marquette, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$5,000 |
| Brig. GIDDINGS, sprang a leak and
returned to Buffalo for repairs. Cargo of R/R Iron |
- |
$1,500 |
| Barque FAME, sprang a leak and
returned to Buffalo for repairs. Cargo R./R. Iron |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner MARQUETTE, ashore in
Skillagalee, Lake Michigan, jettisoned cargo of oats |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner SUFFOLK, sunk in
St.Lawronce River, loaded with R/R iron. Repaired at Ogdensburgh |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner CARLTON. damaged hull
and cargo..(salt and plaster) by collision with schooner MERIDAN
near the mouth of Welland Canal, Lake Brie |
- |
$750 |
| Schooner HOPE, damaged cargo of
grain by springing a leak on Lake Erie |
- |
$300 |
| AUGUST |
| Brig. MECHANIC, split sails,
disabled, returned to Buffalo for repairs. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. STANDART, split sails, lost
anchor and chain and towed into Buffalo for repairs. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner WILLIAM, against
breakwater at Buffalo, filled &c. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Barque FAME, sprung a leak and
returned to Buffalo for repairs.. |
- |
$4,000 |
| Steamer ALABAMA, sprung a leak
and sunk near Buffalo |
- |
$10,000 |
| Propeller BALTIC. ashore on
Middle Island Reef, Lake Huron, lightered and hauled off |
- |
$2,000 |
| Steamer NORTHERN INDIANA. sprung
a leak and went into dock at Detroit for repairs |
- |
$5,000 |
| Steamer NORTHERNER broke
walking-beam and machinery on Lake 0ntario. |
- |
$7,000 |
| Schooner HUDSON, sunk near
Conneaut, Lake Erie |
- |
$4,000 |
| Steamer ILLINOIS, broke machinery
on Lake Huron towed to Detroit by U. S. steamer MICHIGAN. |
- |
$2,500 |
| Propellor BUCEPHALUS, ashore on
Point Au Pelee Reef. Lightered off. |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner T. G. SCOTT, capsized
off Thunder Bay, Lake Huron, loaded with lumber. Towed to Detroit |
- |
$1,000 |
| Barque CITY OF ROQHESTER, struck
by lightning at Chicago |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner AERIAL, ashore in East
Sister Reef Lake Brie, jettisoned cargo to get off. |
- |
$5,000 |
| Steamer JOHN MUNN, sunk in River
St.Lawrence |
- |
$15,000 |
| Schooner SARATOGA, loaded with
salt..sprung a leak and put into Sodus, Lake Ontario. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner BELLE CITY, lost part dock load of fanning mills, destined for California |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. GIDDINGS, sprung a leak and returned for repairs, Lake Erie, cargo R/R Iron |
- |
$1,500 |
| Schooner CHRISTINA. partially dismasted on Lake Ontario |
- |
$1,200 |
| Sehooner MAGNOLIA and Brig. BOSTON.damaged with apparatus for raising steamer ERIE. |
- |
$3,000 |
| SEPTEMBER |
| Schooner HARRIET ROSS, ashore on Long Point, Lake Erie, lightered off |
- |
$3,000 |
| Steamer WESTERN WORLD, sunk schooner E. G. WILLIAMS at dock in Buffalo. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Propeller OGONTZ, loaded with merchandise sprang a leak and put into Sandusky, damaged cargo |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner MAJOR BARNUM, ashore at Two Rivers, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner NAVIGATOR, ashore at St. Josephs. |
- |
$2,500 |
| Schooner FRANK MOORE, dismasted in Lake St. Clair. |
- |
$300 |
| Brig. NEW YORK, partially dismasted on Lake Ontario |
- |
$500 |
| Propeller CINCINNATI, broke shaft at Sandusky, Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner FRED HILL, collided with a propeller on Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer ILLINOIS, ashore on Thunder Bay Island, jettisoned whole cargo to get off. |
- |
$25,000 |
| Propeller ILLINOIS and steamer PACIFIC collided on Lake Michigan. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Schooner BUCKINGHAM, ashore on ong Point, Lake Erie, jettisoned cargo of salt to get off |
- |
$2,000 |
| Brig. ISABELLA, ashore at Fairport, Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer LADY ELGIN, struck a rock and sunk at Manitowoc, Lake Michigan |
- |
$12,000 |
| Schooner ABIAH, capsized off Sheboygan, Lake Michigan |
- |
$9,000 |
| Schooner N.G. dismasted and towed into Port Burwell, Lake Erie |
- |
$300 |
| Propeller BRUNSWICK and brig N. M. STANDART, collided off Kelly's Island, Lake Erie |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner GAGE, ashore at Manistee, Lake Michigan |
- |
$500 |
| Propellers OLIVER CROMWELL and NORTHERN MICHIGAN collided at head of Lake Erie. |
- |
$20,000 |
| Brig. D. FERGUSON, and schoomer GRAND TURK. collided at head of St. Clair River |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller TROY, burst her boiler off Chicago, Lake Michigan |
1 |
$1,000 |
| Brig. OCEAN, ashore on East Sister |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner ------- , towed into Toronto, leaking and disabled, loaded with R/R Iron |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner C. F. WILLIAMS. lost foremast head, and split sails on Lake Michigan |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner J. ROSS drifted foul of schooner TRENTON at anchor in St. Clair River, and sunk |
- |
$1,000 |
| Steamer SOUTHERN MICHIGAN, lost one wheel on Lake Erie |
- |
$2,000 |
| Steamer QUEEN CITY, broke arches, came to Buffalo to repair |
- |
$3,000 |
| Propeller ECLIPSE, ashore at Michigan City, in gale on Lake Michigan. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller WESTMORELAND, ashore an Windmill Point, C. W. Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer FASHION, ashore near Kewaunee, Lake Michigan. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner LUTHER WRIGHT, ashore on Lake Michigan jettisoned deck load of shingles. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooners A. FORD and CONSUELO collided near Mackinaw, Lake Huron |
- |
$300 |
| Brigs CAROLINE and BEMIS,
collided near head of Lake Erie, latter sunk in deep water, cargo
coal |
- |
$7,000 |
| Schooner ISLAND QUEEN, ashore at
Erie, loaded with iron and ore |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner AURORA, ashore at Port
Dalhousie, Lake Ontario |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner CITIZEN, in gale wind,
Lake Erie, jettisoned dock load of black walnut lumber. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. MAHONING, damaged sails
etc. and put back into Gravelly Bay, Lake Brie |
- |
$300 |
| Scow-schooner. PACIFIC, ashore at
Black Rock Harbor |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner STORM, against the
breakwater and filled loaded with lumber. |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner CAMBRIA, jettisoned deck
load of staves Lake Erie |
- |
$300 |
| Steamer G. MOFFATT,(Canadian)
damaged in gale and put into Cleveland for repairs. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner NORTH CAROLINA,
dismasted and waterlogged off Erie. |
1 |
$l,000 |
| During the September line gale,
schooners METROSE, TUSCOLA, MANSFIELD, ORIENTAL, ALDEBARAN and
ROBERT EMMETT, and some others, lost sails and damaged rigging and
spars on Lake Huron, put back in St.Clair River and repaired
damages. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner BELLE CITY, ashore at
Presque Isle, Lake Huron, jettisoned 180 bbls. salt to get off |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. ROSCIUS, on a reef in
Detroit Rivers, filled with water, loaded with stone |
- |
$1,500 |
| Brigs JOHN C DESHLER and OCEAN
WAVE, damaged in collision, put in for repairs |
- |
$1,500 |
| Brig. RACINE, ashore and damaged
hull, sails and rigging |
- |
$900 |
| Schooner SACRAMENTO, sprung a
leak and towed into Erie for repairs. |
- |
$1,500 |
| Brig. HUTCHISON, damaged cargo in
upper Lake. |
- |
$500 |
| Brig. S.F.GALE, damaged hull and
cargo and the Flats, in jam. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner GEM, damaged her cargo
in Upper Lakes |
- |
$600 |
| OCTOBER |
| Bark FAME, ashore near Goderich,
C. W., Lake Huron. |
- |
$27,000 |
| Schooner NAUTILUS, lost on
Chicago Bar, with cargo of salt. |
- |
$16,000 |
| Steamer E.K.COLLINS, burned at
mouth of Detroit River. |
23 |
$100,000 |
| Barque CANADA, lost sails and
rigging and damaged hull and cargo in Lake Huron gale |
4 |
$7,500 |
| Schooner J. W. BROWN, jettisoned
500 bbls. salt during gale in Saginaw Bay |
- |
$750 |
| Propeller Mt. VERNON, reported
damage to hull by working, during gale on Lake Huron |
- |
$6,000 |
| Brig. SANDUSKY sprang a leak and
put into Manitou Island, Lakes Michigan. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller SCIOTA, damaged rudder
and towed to Detroit |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner TRAVELLER, damaged sails
and hull in gale winds an Lake Huron. |
- |
$300 |
| Barque LEANDER, sprung a leak on
Lake Huron. put in for repairs |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner E. CRAMER, lost dock
load of potatoes on Lake Michigan washed off |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner SPARTA, lost sails and
deck load of lumber put into Milwaukee |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner SOPHIA, lost with cargo
of supply goods in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Schooner HARRISON, water-logged
and capsized off Erie, loaded with staves. |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner FASHION, in gale wind
on Upper Lake, lost deck load pig load |
1 |
$1,000 |
| Schooner ALPHA, ashore at
DeTour, Lake Huron, loaded with powder and stone for Copper Region |
- |
$7.000 |
| Propeller BROOKS, broke
machinery and towed to Buffalo |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner ENERGY, lost with cargo
of grain at Little Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan |
1 |
$27,000 |
| Barque GREAT WEST, partially
damaged, lost canvas and rigging on Lake Michigan |
- |
$6,600 |
| Schooner COMELY, in gale winds
Lake Erie, jettisoned deck load of salt |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner CONSUELO in gale
damaged cargo of wheat. |
- |
$1,5O0 |
| Schooner J.B.WRIGHT, ashore and
totally lost on East side of Lake Michigan |
- |
$25,000 |
| Steamer SWAN, burned at Algonac,
St. Clair River |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner ROYALIST, ashore in
Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie. |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner GEN. TAYLOR, ashore on
Point Muller, L. Erie |
- |
$400 |
| Schooner VIRGINIA PURDY, ashore
at Milwaukee, cargo corn. |
- |
$9,000 |
| Propeller SUN, broke down off
Milwaukee, towed in. |
- |
$3,000 |
| Steamer GOLDEN GATE, on a rock
near Kelly's Island Lake Erie, lighted off. |
- |
$300 |
| Propeller ROSSITER, ashore at
Kalamazoo, L. Michigan |
- |
$300 |
| Propeller ST. JOSEPH, on Middle
Island reef, Lake Huron |
- |
$15,000 |
| Brig. J. H. HARMON, split sails
and lost light and spars on Lake Huron, put back to St. Clair River
for repairs. |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner OCEAN, burned at Port
Dalhousie, L. Ontario |
- |
$20,000 |
| Scow-schooner WAR EAGLE,
collided with schooner S. ROBINSON. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner S. E. GARRETT, loaded
with salt for L. Huron fisheries, ashore on Fish Island, Lake
Huron. |
- |
$19,000 |
| Schooner WATER WITCH. ashore at
Kincardine |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner MISSOURI, sprang a leak
and run ashore near Van Buren |
- |
$4,000 |
| Schooner ABIGAIL, lost anchors
and chains, vessel damaged in gale on Lake Michigan |
- |
$700 |
| Brig. CAROLINE, on Chickenola
reef, head of Lake Erie, jettisoned R/R Iron |
- |
$6,000 |
| Schooner KITTY GRANT, ashore at
Grand Traverse. |
- |
$200 |
| Scow-schooner BRIGHAM, on rocks
and sunk in Dunkirk Harbor |
- |
$600 |
| Brig. MONTEATH, ashore at
Fairport, Lake Erie, loaded with coal, iron and nails |
- |
$10,000 |
| Brig. SEYMOUR, Dismasted and
deserted on Lake Huron, picked up and towed to Detroit |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner L. M. MASON, lost
canvas and disabled on Lake Huron, put back to St. Clair River to
repair |
- |
$500 |
| Brigs CHAMPLAIN and BLACK HAWK,
damaged and disabled on galw on Lake Huron, put back to Presque Isle
to repair. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner HURRICANE, grounded on
St. Clair Flats, lighted and hauled off by U. S. steamer MICHIGAN |
- |
$600 |
| Propeller BUFFALO and Barque
INDIANA collided on St. Clair Flats. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner ROSCOE, ashore near
Buffalo, hauled off |
- |
$100 |
| Scow-schooner NEVILLE, ashore
near Buffalo, hauled off |
- |
$100 |
| Schooner ALWILDA, partially
burned, took fire by spontaneous combustion |
- |
$2,500 |
| Schooner ROANOAKE, ashore near
Muskegan, Captain and three men lost |
4 |
$1,000 |
| Brig. AUDUBON and schooner
DEFIANCE collided on Lake Huron and both sank in deep water |
- |
$60,000 |
| Steamer PLYMOUTH ROCK, afoul of
schooner S. A. GREEN at the mouth of Buffalo Harbor |
- |
$100 |
| Brigs CORTLAND slid HELFENSTEIN
collided off Presque Isle, Lake Huron |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner HERALD, thrown on her
beam-ends during a gale on L. Huron, lost part of her deck load of
stone for Sault Ste. Marie. |
- |
$800 |
| Schooner R. B. CAMPBELL ashore
at Point Betsy, Lake Michigan, got off and repaired |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner DENMARK, ashore at
mouth of Detroit River, jettisoned deck load and part cargo of salt |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner WHITE CLOUD, in gale on
Lake Erie, lost some spars, sails, & rigging, damaged hull,
&c |
- |
$1,100 |
| Brig. OLEANDER, damaged cargo of
corn on Lake Huron. |
- |
$700 |
| Brig. LOWELL, sprung a leak in
Lake Michigan, returned to Chicago for repairs |
- |
$250 |
| Schooner STELLA, damaged cargo
in Upper Lakes. |
- |
$400 |
| NOVEMBER |
| Brig. ASHLAND. ashore an Point
Au Pelee, Lake Erie |
- |
$11,000 |
| Steamer MAY QUEEN, broke shaft,
and towed in |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller INDIANA, on rocks in
St. Mary's River |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner EDITH, ashore at
Presque Isle, L. Ontario |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner CAYUGA, ashore near
Cobourg, Lake Ontario, cargo white wheat. |
- |
$22,500 |
| Schooner JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE,
struck a rock in Detroit River and sank, loaded with wheat |
- |
$10,000 |
| Propeller SAGINAW, ashore near
Gibralter, Lake Erie |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner WESTERN STAR, ashore
near Goderich, cargo wheat |
- |
$16,000 |
| Schooner FOREST QUEEN, ashore at
Presque Isle Lake Ontario. |
- |
$300 |
| Barque PARAGON, ashore at
Presque Isle, Lake 0ntario |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner SARAH FRANCIS, ashore
at Presque Isle, Lake 0ntario |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner CONSTITUTION,
water-logged, loaded with R/R ties, got into Oswego, Lake Ontario |
- |
$300 |
| Steamer TRAVELLER, broke
machinery and was towed into Chicago, Lake Michigan |
- |
$1,000 |
| Barque GLOBE, ashore at Port
Bruce, Lake Erie. |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner WILLIAM BLACK, damaged
on pier at Port Burwall, Lake Erie |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner J. S. REID, damaged by
collision in Grand River C. W. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner LUTHER WRIGHT, ashore
at Gravelly Bay, Lake Erie, corn loaded. Total loss |
- |
$8,000 |
| Schooner MILWAUKEE BELLE, struck
a reef at head of Niagara River, damaged vessel and cargo, ,lost
rudder |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner JANE WOOD, ashore near
Toronto, C. W. L. Ont |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner MARY MARGARET, capsized
off Milwaukee. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner WILLIAM, jettisoned
deck load of coal and castings in gale on Lake Erie and returned to
Buffalo for repairs. |
- |
$600 |
| Schooners INO, LIZZIE THROOP,
TWIN BROTHERS and ELLEN STEWART, ashore at Grand Haven, Lake
Michigan |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner MERIDAN, ashore at
Bailey's Bay, L. Michigan |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner NORFOLK, lost on Lake
Ontario,2 lives lost. |
2 |
$10,000 |
| Schooner HERCULES, ashore at
Ashtabula |
- |
$300 |
| Propeller MAYFLOWER, jettisoned
dock load in gale of wind in Saginaw Bay |
- |
$5,000 |
| Propeller MAYFLOWER, collided
with Schooner ARCTURUS in entering St. Clair River. |
- |
$300 |
| Schooner O. Q. METZAR, ashore at
foot of L. Michigan. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Propeller PAUGAASSET, sprung a
leak off Erie, got into Dunkirk, damaged cargo |
- |
$500 |
| Propeller BUCEPHALUS, foundered
in Saginaw and drowned ten of her crew |
10 |
$60,000 |
| Schooner SACRAMENTO, ashore at
Cleveland. |
- |
$500 |
| Brig. NORTHAMPTON, ashore at
Thunder Bay Island. |
- |
$13,000 |
| Schooner P. P. GAGE, ashore on
Kelly's Island. |
- |
$500 |
| Propeller EDITH and schooner
CHARLEY HIBBARD collided on Lake Erie |
- |
$600 |
| Schooner IRELAND, ashore at head
of Niagara River, deserted by crew. |
- |
$8,000 |
| Schooner MANITOU, ashore at
Fairport, loaded with R/R iron. |
- |
$18,000 |
| Schooner EMMA, water-logged, got
into Manitou Island,Lake Michigan, lumber loaded. |
|
$500 |
| Schooner SAM HALE, collided with
Schooner REPUBLIC at Beaver Island |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner MILWAUKEE BELLE, sprang
a leak and got into Cleveland, loaded with R/R. Iron |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. J. H. HARMON, damaged on
St. Clair Flats |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer NIAGARA, sprang a leak,
returned & discharged and went into dock for repairs. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner FREEMAN, jettisoned
dock load of hides in gale on Lake Erie. |
- |
$2,500 |
| Steamer ARCTIC, broke machinery
and towed in |
- |
$2,000 |
| Brig. GLOBE, Injured on Flats |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner STORM. jetted deck load
of lumber &c., on Lake Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Propeller DETROIT, sprung a leak
and damaged cargo. |
- |
S1,000 |
| Bark UTICA, Total loss on
Buffalo breakwater |
- |
$19,000 |
| Propeller FINTRY, jetted cargo
at foot of Lake Erie in a gale of wind |
- |
$2,000 |
| Brig BURLINGTON, ashore at Port
Bruce C. W. loading R/R. ties |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner CANDIA, ashore Port
Stanley C. W. |
- |
$3,000 |
| Brig BLACK HAWK, sprung a leak
and returned to Detroit for repairs, loaded with R/R. Iron |
- |
$2,500 |
| Steamer BRUCE MINES, foundered
on Lake Huron, loaded with supplies for copper mines. |
1 |
$30,000 |
| Schooner REPUBLIC, struck a
rock, head of Lake Erie, went into dock at Buffalo for repairs |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner GRAND TURK, collided
with schooner ADVANCE, and was run into shoal water and sunk near
Presque Isle, Lake Huron, loaded with R/R. Iron and apples. |
- |
$20,000 |
| Schooner OCEAN WAVE, struck an
anchor in Chicago River and sunk. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner ODD FELLOW, ashore on
North Manitou, L. Michigan loaded with lumber. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Propeller POCAHONTAS, ashore at
Grand Haven, Lake Michigan, loaded with merchandise, jettisoned deck
load of stoves and merchandise |
- |
$5,000 |
| Barque ARABIA, ashore at Sodus,
Lake 0ntario |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner C.HARRISON. badly
damaged in the Flats |
- |
$1,000 |
| Steamer BAY STATE. collided with
schooner near Cape Vincent |
|
$500 |
| Steamer MAYFLOWER. ashore on
Point Au Pelee, Lake Erie, cargo merchandise. |
- |
$100,000 |
| Brig. JOSEPHINE, sprung a leak,
split sails &c., and got into Buffalo |
- |
$500 |
| Steamer FASHION and Propeller
BUFFALO, collided in River St. Clair-steamer sunk. |
- |
$1,000 |
|
| Scow-schooner Wm.BUCKLEY. struck
going out of Cleveland and sunk in deep water outside |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner RACINE. lost a man
overboard in Lake Michigan |
1 |
$---- |
| Propeller MONTEZUMA, damaged
boilers and towed into Chicago. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Steamer NORTHERNER. damaged on
St.Clair Flats - $200 |
| Schooner LIVE YANKEE, ashore
near Highlands of Sauble, L. Huron, Jetted cargo to get off |
- |
$700 |
| Brig. MOHEGAN, damaged hull and
cargo on 'bar' at Oswego |
- |
$1,500 |
| Schooner TRAVELLER, damaged
cargo and hull, L. Michigan |
- |
$1,400 |
| Scow-schooner INO, jetted and
damaged plaster in gale on Lake Michigan |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner WEST WIND, in gale on
Lake Erie, jetted cargo |
- |
$400 |
| Brig. GIDDINGS, damaged in crowd
on Flats |
- |
$200 |
| Schooner ALDERBARAN. damaged
cargo on L. Michigan, got into Chicago. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner PEORIA, ashore on reef,
head of Lake Erie jetted cargo. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Propeller FOREST QUEEN. damaged
cargo by being thrown on her beam-ends on Lake Erie |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner E. M. LYON, jetted dock
load of beef on Lake Erie. |
- |
$1,700 |
| Schooner C. Y. RICHMOND, sprung
a leak and went to Detroit for repairs, lost R/R. Iron |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner TARTAR, damaged on
Oswego pier and 'bar'. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner NORMAN, sprung a leak
on Lake Erie and returned to Buffalo to repair, loaded with R/R
Iron. |
|
$500 |
| Schooner LELAND, damaged cargo
in heavy weather on Lake Michigan, L. Huron and Erie, and hull by
collision with schooner OSPREY in Detroit River. |
- |
$1,000 |
| DECEMBER |
| Barques SIR CHARLES NAPIER and
TRADE WIND collided on Lake Erie, sinking latter vessel in deep
water. |
- |
$50,000 |
| Schooner E. C. WILLIAMS, while
aground at mouth of Buffalo harbor, was run into and badly damaged
by schooner LUDDINGTON. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner PEARL, ashore at
Cleveland |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. ODD FELLOW, lost near
Mackinaw, Lake Huron, cargo of wheat. |
- |
$23,000 |
| Brig. MARYLAND, ashore at
Ashtabula |
- |
$7,000 |
| Propeller INTERNATIONAL, burned
at Black Rock, Niagara River. |
- |
$50,000 |
| Steamer KEYSTONE STATE.. came
into Buffalo leaking badly, went into dock for repairs |
- |
$3,000 |
| Steamer MAY QUEEN, broke her
shaft on Lake Erie. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner CARLTON, ashore on Lake
Ontario. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner STURGES, ashore at
Black River, Lake Erie. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner VIRGINIA, ashore at
Cleveland. |
- |
$800 |
| Schooner OMAR, Totally lost on
Cleveland pier |
4 |
$8,000 |
| Propeller PAUGASSET, badly
damaged in attempting to rescue above crew |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner BIRMINGHAM, lost on
Horse Shoe Reefs near Buffalo |
- |
$4,000 |
| Propeller FALCON, collided with
schooner C. REEVES on Lake Erie, the FALCON jetted copper and other
cargo to save her. |
- |
$25,000 |
| Schooner MANSFIELD, ashore at
Euclid, Lake Erie. |
- |
$4,000 |
| Bark AMERICAN REPUBLIC, ashore
at Long Point Cut, cargo corn, damaged and sold. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Brig. OXFORD, sunk at Cape
Vincent, cargo of corn. |
- |
$4,000 |
| Schooner STORM, ashore Windmill
Point, L. Erie, cargo |
- |
$2,500 |
| Schooner R.R.JOHNSON, foundered
off above Fairport all hand, with vessel and cargo lost. |
8 |
$28,000 |
| Schooner SYRACUSE, ashore at
Point Au Pelee, jetted R/R. Iron. |
- |
$8,000 |
| Schooner POTOMAC, ashore near
Port Dalhousie, Lake Ontario, cargo wheat. |
2 |
$12,000 |
| Schooner T. WYMAN, ashore near
mouth of Detroit River, estimated |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner CONDUCTOR, ashore at
Long Point, Lake Erie, cargo corn, crew saved by the heroic conduct
of a woman living on the Island |
- |
$10,000 |
| Barque. JESSE HOYT, ashore near
Point Abino, L. Erie. |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner FLORENCE, sunk at
Put-In-Bay harbor, L. Erie. |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner LEWIS CASS, ashore near
Conneaut, cargo corn. |
- |
$10,000 |
| Propeller SUN, broke machinery
and returned to Chicago for repairs. |
- |
$2,500 |
| Propeller OMAR PASHA, jetted
deck load, L. Erie in gale winds. |
- |
$6,000 |
| Steamer OHIO, damaged schooner
WADE, in Cleveland Lake Erie. |
- |
$300 |
| Scow-schooner FRANK PIERCE, sunk
at Point Au Pelee loaded with coal |
- |
$400 |
| Schooner FRANKLIN PIERCE, ashore
near mouth of the Genesee River, merchandise |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner HARBRIDGE, ashore near
mouth of Genesee River |
- |
$600 |
| Brig. ISABELLA, ashore at Sodus,
salt loaded. |
- |
$1,000 |
| schooner DENMARK, ashore at
Buffalo, load of corn |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner ENTERPRISE, ashore near
mouth of Genesee River, load of R/R. Iron |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooners MINERVA and ISABELLA,
ashore near Oak Orchard Creek, L. Ontario, loaded with R/R. iron
& salt |
- |
$5,000 |
| Bark POMONA, ashore on Grenadier
Island, L. Ontario some lives reported missing |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. HALIFAX, ashore at Port
Ontario, L. Ontario reported total loss. |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner AERIEL, ashore near
Grand River C.W., L. Erie |
- |
$6,000 |
| schooner WING & WING,
reported ashore at Michigan City, estimated |
- |
$5,000 |
| Schooner EXCELSIOR, sunk in
Chicago River. |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner HENRY HAGAR, ashore,
sunk at Beaver Harbor, Lake Michigan, from leaking with load of R/R.
Iron |
- |
$500 |
| Brig. MOUNTAINEER, ashore near
Sackett's Harbor, flour loaded, estimated. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Steamer ONTARIO, (Canada) ashore
on Nicholson's Island lighted off |
- |
$1,000 |
| Brig. L. A. BLOSSOM, driven
against Buffalo breakwater, pulled off and saved by the Brother's
Simms of the Propeller WILLIAM PECK, cargo corn. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner SUFFOLK, ashore at Fort
Burwell, C. W. with cargo of flour, barley and pork |
- |
$25,000 |
| Propeller NIAGARA, ashore at
Presque Isle, L. Huron, loaded with merchandise, 3 feet water in her
now probable damage. |
- |
$10,000 |
| Schooner SENECA, ashore below
Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, estimated damage |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller CINCINNATI, ashore at
Point Aux Barks, Lake Huron |
- |
$40,000 |
| Barque AMERICA, ashore Lake
Ontario, estimated. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Propeller WESTMORELAND,
foundered near Manitoue, Lake Michigan, seventeen lives lost |
17 |
$50,000 |
| Schooner EMMA, sunk at Port
Dalhousie, cargo R/R. iron |
- |
$3,000 |
| Schooner BIG Z, damaged on pier
at Erie |
- |
$500 |
| Schooner CROOKS, ashore below
Cleveland. |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner CALIFORNIA, ashore near
Lexington, L. Huron, |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner ISLAND QUEEN, ashore
near Sodus. |
- |
$1,000 |
| Schooner PETREL, froze in,
leaking badly at Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan estimated |
- |
$2,000 |
| Schooner CONVOY, sailed from
Detroit.28th Nov. last bound for Buffalo loaded with 7,000 bu. wheat
and a quantity of flour and fish, and has not been heard of since-
supposed to have foundered with all on board |
8 |
$27,000 |
| Schooner ARGO, damaged and got
into port, Lake Erie. |
- |
$1,700 |
| Brig BANNER, slipped chains and
anchors in Buffalo Bay. |
- |
$750 |
| Propeller SCIOTA, damaged in ice
near Toledo. |
- |
$500 |
| Brig. S. F. GALE, damaged and
lost cargo in gale on Lake Erie |
- |
$4,000 |
There are a number of vessels, with cargoes on board, frozen up in the Lakes outside, caught by the sudden closing of the season, that will be more or less damaged.- The amount cannot be ascertained until the result is known in the Spring.
| RECAPITULATION |
| Losses by Steamers |
$463,400 |
| Losses by Propellers |
$680,100 |
| Total losses By Steam Vessels In
1854 |
$1,146,500 |
| Total Losses By Sail In 1854 |
$1,044,325 |
| TOTAL LOSS |
$2,187,825 |
| Losses In January, Steam &
Sail |
$10,000 |
| Losses In April |
$310,750 |
| Losses In May |
$217,000 |
| Losses In June |
$40,700 |
| Losses In July |
$59,050 |
| Losses In August |
$66,625 |
| Losses In September |
$129,600 |
| Losses In October |
$408,100 |
| Losses In November |
$456,000 |
| Losses In December |
$490,000 |
| Total |
$2,187,825 |
| Amount Of Loss By Jettison. |
$108,770 |
| Amount Of Loss By Collision |
$270,000 |
| Amount Of Loss By Fire |
$262,500 |
| Amount Of Loss By Lightning |
$1,900 |
| Number Of Lives Lost |
119 |
| The Total Number Of Disasters In
1853 was |
266 |
| The Total Number Of Disasters In
1854 was |
384 |
| Increase |
118 |
Of the 34 disasters above detailed, one occurred in
January, 46 in April, 25 in May, 11 in June, 14 in July, 21 in August, 68 in
September, 61 in October, 83 in November, and 64 in December. Total 384.
8 steamers, 6 propellers, 3 barques, 8 brigs, and 30
schooners, have, according to the above list, gone out of existence during the
year.
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