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  • Accident to the Water Witch
    Accident to the Water Witch
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 15 Jun 1862, p. 1     ACCIDENT TO THE WATER WITCH. --By the steamer Illinois , which reached here yesterday from Lake Superior, we learn of a serious disaster which happened to the propeller Water Witch on her last up-trip. On the 7th inst., when 12 miles out from LaPointe, she broke ...
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 15 Jun 1862, p. 1   ACCIDENT TO THE WATER WITCH. --By the steamer Illinois , which reached here yesterday from Lake Superior, we learn of a serious disaster which happened to the propeller Water Witch …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Independence (Propeller), aground, 9 Oct 1852
    Independence (Propeller), aground, 9 Oct 1852
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Freight: supplies Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Freight: supplies Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Water Witch (Propeller), broke machinery, 7 Jun 1862
    Water Witch (Propeller), broke machinery, 7 Jun 1862
    TextNewspaper       Reason: broke machinery Lives: nil Hull damage: $500 Remarks: Repaired
    TextNewspaper     Reason: broke machinery Lives: nil Hull damage: $500 Remarks: Repaired
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The McDougall Whaleback Steel Vessel
    The McDougall Whaleback Steel Vessel
    Text  Scientific American (New York), 4 Jul 1891, 1-2     THE McDOUGALL WHALEBACK STEEL VESSEL. The old ballad commencing "In the North Sea Lived a Whale" has its use now in a facetious adaptation of this line to the needs of a souvenir issued by the people of Superior, Wis., in commemoration of the launching of the first two ...
    Text  Scientific American (New York), 4 Jul 1891, 1-2   THE McDOUGALL WHALEBACK STEEL VESSEL. The old ballad commencing "In the North Sea Lived a Whale" has its use now in a facetious adaptation of this line to the needs …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Clarence (Motor Vessel), U229562, fire, 30 Jun 1938
    Clarence (Motor Vessel), U229562, fire, 30 Jun 1938
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Local Men Safe
    Local Men Safe
    NewspaperText  Ludington Daily News, 2 Jul 1914     Local Men Safe The steamer Mataafa, which stranded at Twin Point Harbor Saturday when she struck the breakwater, had on board five Ludington men, whose friends and relatives were anxiously awaiting news of them, until yesterday, when Mrs. O.E. Barber received a letter from her son ...
    NewspaperText  Ludington Daily News, 2 Jul 1914   Local Men Safe The steamer Mataafa, which stranded at Twin Point Harbor Saturday when she struck the breakwater, had on board five Ludington men, whose friends and relatives were anxiously …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Amethyst (Tug), sunk, 1 Nov 1869
    Amethyst (Tug), sunk, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • George S. Frost (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    George S. Frost (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: ice damage
    TextNewspaper     Reason: ice damage
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Kosata (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    Kosata (Steamboat), ice damage, 1 Nov 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: ice damage
    TextNewspaper     Reason: ice damage
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Northern Light (Propeller), struck bottom, 1 Oct 1869
    Northern Light (Propeller), struck bottom, 1 Oct 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: struck bottom Remarks: Damage slight
    TextNewspaper     Reason: struck bottom Remarks: Damage slight
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Keweenaw (Steamboat), U14043, aground, 1 Aug 1866
    Keweenaw (Steamboat), U14043, aground, 1 Aug 1866
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,500 Freight: lumber Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,500 Freight: lumber Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Peter Reiss (Propeller), U207471, struck dock, 1 Oct 1915
    Peter Reiss (Propeller), U207471, struck dock, 1 Oct 1915
    TextNewspaper       Reason: struck dock Remarks: Repaired
    TextNewspaper     Reason: struck dock Remarks: Repaired
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Maggie Carroll (Tug), U91593, fire, 29 Sep 1893
    Maggie Carroll (Tug), U91593, fire, 29 Sep 1893
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Adella Shores (Propeller), sunk, 1 Dec 1901
    Adella Shores (Propeller), sunk, 1 Dec 1901
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Atlantic (Propeller), aground, 1 Jul 1869
    Atlantic (Propeller), aground, 1 Jul 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Amethyst, broke shaft, 1 Sep 1869
    Amethyst, broke shaft, 1 Sep 1869
    TextNewspaper       Reason: broke shaft
    TextNewspaper     Reason: broke shaft
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Stranger (Schooner), sunk by ice, 1 May 1871
    Stranger (Schooner), sunk by ice, 1 May 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk by ice Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk by ice Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Record (Propeller), U110667, sunk by collision, 7 Nov 1902
    Record (Propeller), U110667, sunk by collision, 7 Nov 1902
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk by collision Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk by collision Lives: nil Remarks: Raised
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Bransford (Propeller), U3925, collision, 7 Nov 1902
    Bransford (Propeller), U3925, collision, 7 Nov 1902
    TextNewspaper       Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: Uninjured ?
    TextNewspaper     Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: Uninjured ?
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • For La Point, Bayfield and Superior City
    For La Point, Bayfield and Superior City
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 6 May 1862, p. 3     For La Point, Bayfield and Superior City .--We are informed by Mr. H. Garretson, the Agent of Ward's Line of Lake Superior steamers, that it is the intention to run the steamer "Water Witch" to La Point, Bayfield and the city of Superior. This will be, so far as we …
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 6 May 1862, p. 3   For La Point, Bayfield and Superior City .--We are informed by Mr. H. Garretson, the Agent of Ward's Line of Lake Superior steamers, that it is the intention to run …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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