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Marine Disasters Of 1871
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[Total number of disasters, 1860-71]

Schooner Jennie Mullen, cargo wheat, ashore near Oswego; got off.

Schooner Golden Fleece, on Port Austin reef; got off badly damaged.

Tug Commodore Nutt, blew out cylinder head near Milwaukee.

Tug John Martin, lost a raft on Lake Huron in a gale.

Schooner Advance, cargo lumber, waterlogged near Chicago; towed in.

Schooner San Jacinto, arrives at Sheboygan in a sinking condition.

Bark E. Jones, lost mizzen and maintopmasts on Lake Huron.

Scow Forest, capsized by a squall near Chicago; towed in.

Scow Scottish Chief, capsized in Lake Michigan; recovered.

Schooner Stella, waterlogged and dismantled on Lake Michigan; 8 lives lost; recovered.

Schooner Empire State, lost maintopmast on Lake Superior.

Barge Ritchie, arrives at Cleveland in waterlogged condition.

Barge Enterprise, sunk near Burt's Mill, Saginaw; raised.

Barge Bay City, waterlogged and lost deckload of lumber on Lake Huron.

Barge Abigail, arrives at Grand Haven in waterlogged condition.

Schooner S. M. Davidson, ashore near Grand Trunk depot; pulled off.

Tug Morey, ashore at Big Sodus, Lake Ontario; pulled off.

Schooner Winfield Scott, waterlogged off Spider Island; total loss.

Propeller barge Raleigh, ashore at St. Clair Flats; lightered off.

Barge Hercules, cargo lumber, waterlogged in Lake Huron; rescued.

Schooner Progress, damaged by collision with propeller Dean Richmond.

Schooner Portage, lost her mainmast near Portage, Lake Superior.

Scow St. Joseph, waterlogged and lost deck load of lumber on Lake Huron.

Schooner Spy, run into by schooner J. V. Taylor off Waukegan, and badly damaged.

Tug Eclipse, with schooner Richards in tow hard aground head of River St. Clair.

Bark William Jones, cargo ore, sprung a bad leak on Lake Michigan.

Propeller Akron, damaged by fire at Ogdensburg.

Schooner Skylark No. 2, ashore at Port Stanley; total loss.

Scow Menominee, struck Chicago pier and waterlogged.

Bark Glenbulah, lost her centreboard in Lake Erie.

Barge J. P. Morton, waterlogged in Lake Huron; got into port.

Brig Geo. M. Abell, ashore at Port Burwell; total loss.

Tug Swan, sunk at East Saginaw; got up.

Schooner Mary Alida, lost deck load of lumber on Lake Erie.

Propeller barge Buffalo, collided with steamer Rice opposite Detroit.

Schooner H. Fitzhugh, cargo coal, ashore at Mackinaw Island; got off.

Schooner Herald, carried away her mainmast on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Pilgrim, ashore near Stoney Creek pier, Lake Michigan; got off.

Schooner Swallow, struck pier at Pentwater, sunk inside.

Scow Maggie, cargo lumber, ashore near Goderich; total loss.

Barge Kenosha, arrives at Buffalo waterlogged.

Bark Homer, disabled in Green Bay in hull and outfit.

Propeller Rocket, aground at Fighting Island; lightered off.

Tug Caroline Williams, damaged by fire at Manistee.

Barge Forrester, waterlogged and lost deck load of lumber on Lake Erie.

Brig Fanny Gardner, ashore outside of Chicago; towed in.

Schooner E. M. Portch, cargo lumber, sprang aleak and waterlogged near Washington Harbor; towed to Chicago.

Schooner Carlingford, fouled with schooner W. Bates at Chicago, latter losing her mainmast.

Schooner Rosa Stearns, cargo coal; on Cleveland piers; total loss.

Bark Montgomery, cargo grain, ashore at Point Edward; got off.

Propeller Montgomery, arrives at Milwaukee in a leaky condition.

Propeller barge Huron City, broke her wheel in Lake Erie; repaired at Detroit.

Propeller Potomac, run on an island in St. Clair River; lightered off.

Schooner Homeward Bound, ashore near Oswego; lost deck load lumber; got off.

Brig Roscius and schooner Kate Kelly collided at Chicago; both damaged.

Schooner Cornelia, damaged by running foul of a bridge at Chicago.

Schooner R. Mott, lost jibboom and bowsprit by collision at Chicago.

Bark Two Fannies, lost her jibboom by collision at Chicago.

Propeller Ontonagon, arrives at Chicago in a leaky condition.

Schooner Escanaba, carried away center-board on Saginaw Bay.

Schooner W. Sanderson, sprung aleak and arrives at Port Huron.

Schooner Essex, lost topsail yard and other outfit on Lake Huron.

Schooner H. P. Baldwin, damaged some of her sails in a squall on Lake Michigan.

Scow Sarsacus, sprung aleak and put into Grand Haven.

Schooner Hamlet, lost part of her sails by a squall on Lake Michigan.

Brig St. Joseph, like disaster, same time and locality.

Barge Mary Barter, broke loose from a tow on Lake Huron; recovered.

Schooner Regina, bowsprit carried away by collision with steamer Great Western.

Two barges broke adrift from propeller Antelope on Lake Huron; recovered.

Barge Mears, collided with schooner New Lisbon near Sarnia while former was in tow of propeller barge East Saginaw; damage $1,200.

Bark Wenona, cargo pig iron, sprung foremast in the straits.

Schooner Pamlico, arrives at Port Huron in a leaky condition.

Propeller Seymour, arrives at same point in a damaged condition.

Bark Mary Perew, dismasted by a squall on Lake Michigan.

Bark Lotus, cargo rye, ashore on Peach Island; lightered off.

Tug Hercules, hard aground near Belle Isle; released by tug Hector.

Propeller Alaska, broke her shaft in Lake Erie and was towed to Detroit.

Propeller Van Raalte, on the bar at St. Joseph; lightered afloat.

Steamer Eighth Ohio, broke her anchor on Lake Huron.

Scow American Eagle, ashore near Erie; released.

Schooner Hattie Johnson, ashore at Point au Pellee; lightered off.

Propeller City of Montreal, broke her machinery and arrived at Milwaukee.

Schooner Senator, reaches Port Huron with mainmast defective.

Schooner Middlesex, reaches same port with foremast defective.

Scow Maria, damaged by propeller Comet in St. Clair River.

Propeller barge Dunkirk, disabled in machinery on Lake Huron.

Schooner E. Kanter, cargo staves, sprung aleak in Lake Erie and was towed to Detroit.

Schooner North Star, sprung aleak and arrives at Chicago.

Schooner Island Queen, ashore at Portage Lake, got off.

Propeller Mary Pringle and schooner Kate Richmond, collided in Welland Canal; latter damaged.

Tug Sweepstakes, broke her crank pin and repaired at Detroit.

Schooner Aigle De Mer, lost deck load lumber on Lake Ontario.

Schooner J. A. McDonald, lost deck load of lumber, same time and locality.

Schooner C. C. Griswold, lost foretopmast off Long Point, Lake Erie.

Schooner Carlingford, lost jibboom, same time and locality.

Barge D, struck the pier at Lachine Canal and damaged; cargo grain.

Schooner Mary Collins, cargo coal, on Whale's Back Reef; lightered off.

Schooner R. Winslow, aground two days at St. Clair Flats.

Tug Gladiator, ashore at Bois Blanc, Detroit River; pulled off.

Schooner Pierpont, cargo supplies, ashore at Detour; got off, damages heavy.

Tug G. H. Parker, unshipped her rudder on Saginaw Bay.

Schooner Jesse Conger, lost jibboom by heavy weather coming up Lake Erie.

Scow Emma Young, sunk by collision at Algonac; got up.

Schooner J. V. Taylor, lost jibboom in heavy weather on Lake Michigan.

Bark Lafrinier, damaged bottom by striking a boulder at Buffalo.

Barge Adriatic, arrives in St. Clair River in a leaky condition.

Scow Aunt Ruth, lost fore and maintopmasts by a squall on Lake Erie.

Tug Champion, broke her crank pin; repaired at Detroit.

Schooner Mary, lost mainsail in a gale on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Chas. Wall, lost an anchor and chain at Detour.

Bark Sunnyside, went ashore near Black River, O., in a fog; got off.

Schooner Thos Parsons, lost center board in the Straits.

Tug Winslow, broke her cylinder on Lake Huron.

Schooner Delaware, ashore at Point au Pellee; lightered off.

Schooner King Sisters, ashore at same place; lightered off.

Schooner Argo, knocked a hole in her bottom at Dunkirk.

Schooner Rival, ashore, entrance to Toledo; lightered.

Propeller Hilton, broke her machinery on Lake Michigan; towed to Chicago.

Schooner Geo. L. Seavers, cargo lumber, waterlogged on Lake Michigan; towed to Chicago.

Propeller Champlain, broke her crank pin; repaired at Detroit.

Steamer Manitoba, ashore at Cove Island; pulled off.

Tug American Eagle, struck the dock at Milwaukee; lost smoke stack.

Schooner Mary Foster, lost deck load lumber on Lake Ontario.

Tug Pierce, damaged by getting on the dock at Buffalo.

Schooner H. C. Winslow, lost her foreyard on Lake Erie.

Steamer City of Toledo, broke her machinery on Lake Michigan.

Tug Mayflower, disabled in machinery on Lake Huron.

Schooner Gen. Worth, lost mainsail and jibs in a squall on Lake Erie.

Bark Oreonta, lost both jibs in a gale on Lake Erie.

Propeller China, collided with a dock in St. Clair River.

Bark F. B. Gardner, lost jibboom in heavy weather on Lake Huron.

Schooner Twin Sister, lost jibboom by collision on Lake Erie.

Steamer R. N. Rice, damaged by collision with propeller barge Buffalo near Detroit.

Schooner G. D. Norris, ashore on Green's Reef in Lake Erie.

Steamer A. Neff, disabled and ashore at Dykesville in Green Bay; got off.

Schooner Russell Dart, damaged by collision at Buffalo.

Propeller Chicago, lost masthead by heavy weather on Lake Erie.

Schooner Guide, sprung aleak and arrives at Grand Haven.

Schooner Active, damaged in outfit at Milwaukee.

Schooner Telegraph, damaged in sails and rigging at Buffalo.

Bark F. B. Gardner, damaged sails and gear on Lake Huron.

Schooner Hope, damaged in sails and gear at Racine.

Tug Muir, damaged by collision with tug American Eagle at Milwaukee.

Propeller R. G. Coburn broke her crank pin; repaired at Detroit.

Schooner Flying Mist, lost jibboom by collision at the Flats.

Same vessel ashore at Mammy Judy; lightered off.

Schooner C. C. Griswold, small boat smashed by propeller Toledo at Detroit.

 


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