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FINDING AID: 42-21 RECORD GROUP: RG 42 - Marine Branch SERIES: C-3 - Register of Wrecks and Casualties, Inland Waters DESCRIPTION: The finding aid is an incomplete list of Statement of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss. DATE: April 1998 STATEMENT OF SHIPPING CASUALTIES RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS ift ON THE INLAND WATERS EXCLUDING THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER © BELOW MONTREAL, FROM 1870 UP TO DATE PORT OF NET NATURE OF CASUALTY DATE NAME OF VESSEL REGISTRY REGISTER PLACE OF CASUALTY O.N. TONNAGE 18 7 0 July 17 GUIDING STAR Detroit 619 Explosion of boiler Port Maitland, Lake Erie Aug. 17 C. G. MEISEL 132 Collision, Bois Blanc (U.S.)" Island, Detroit River ? v Aug. 23 MARIA MELVIN Outside pier at Oswego Oswego Aug. 23 NORWEGIAN Outside pier at Oswego Oswego Oct. 18 FLYING CLOUD 148 Stranded, Bronte Oswego Oct. 18 SWIFT 40 Stranded, Toronto Timber Island Oct. 26 MISSOURI 664 Stranded, Buffalo Port Burwell, Lake Erie Oct. 26 EMPIRE Sprung a leak, Detroit Long Point, Lake Erie Oct. 26 GLAD TIDINGS Sprung a leak, Detroit Long Point, Lake Erie Oct. 26 SHIERWASSO Sprung a leak, Detroit Long Point, Lake Erie Oct. 30 BRITANNIA Port Burwell 118 Stranded, Erie Peninsula Oct. 30 WILLIAM JOHN Bri ghton 62 Driven against wharf, Water Works wharf, Kingston Oct. 31 LEVIATHAN Port Burwell 91 Stranded, off Port Burwell Oct. 31 JESSIE St. Catharines 250 Stranded, Salmon Point, Athol Oct. 31 W. G. KEITH Chicago 211 Stranded, \ mile from Long Point, Lake Erie Nov. 5 OTTER Montreal Fire, at foot fif locks, Ottawa River Nov. 18 EMPEROR 91 Stranded, (U.S.) Outer Range Light Nov. 21 . PRINCE EDWARD Picton 170 Stranded near Cove Island light, Lake.Huron Nov. 22 TARTIN Buffalo 188 Stranded, Point Pelee, Lake Erie 1 •• I ' J 18 7 1 Hay - GEM Montreal 28 Fire at wharf, Roise's Point June 2 HURON Montreal 227 Fire, Beauharnois Canal June 2 ALEX WATSON Wallaceburg I 69 Unknown, ' l . ' Lambton June 12 PIONEER 1 Newcastle 190 Foundered, 10 miles off , i" !' I i Main Duck Island Light July 15 MAGNET Montreal 274 Collision, Lachine Canal Aug. 20 GEORGE M. ABLE Cleveland 146 Stranded, l 1 Port Burwell*, Lake Erie Aug. 29 SKYLARK Baltimore 69 Stranded, Port Stanley, Lake Erie Sept. 23 WINDSOR Montreal 50 Fire at wharf Oct. HURON Saugeen 25 Stranded off Saugeen, Georgian Bay Oct. 14 ADVANCE Port Colborne 84 Stranded, Nicholson Island, Lake Ontario Oct. 15 J. S. MINOR Stranded off Kincardine, (U.S.) Lake Huron Oct. 16 D. FERGUSON Buffalo Stranded off Kincardine, Lake Huron Oct. 17 JOHN.GREENWAY Montreal 29 Fire, Picton Harbour Oct. 17 SEA HORSE Ontario 42 Stranded, west end of Fitzwilliam Island, Georgian Bay Nov. 10 SAXON Oswego 42 Stranded, south side of Long Point, Lake Erie Nov. 12 SAM LEWIS Montreal 114 Stranded, Cape Croker, Georgian Bay Nov. 15 RESOLUTE Buffalo Stranded, north side of Long Point, Lake Erie Nov. 15 P. E. SHERMAN - Stranded, , Long Point, Lake Erie Nov. .15 EVERGREEN CITY Stranded, Long PoJnt, Lake Erie Nov. 15 GOLD HUNTER Milford 219 Stranded, Cabot Head, Georgian Bay Dec. 9 HERCULES Kingston 33] Fire, lying at Garden Island Dec. 9 HIGHLANDER Prescott 300 Fire, lying at Garden Island 18 7 2 May 2 ST. HELEN Montreal 79 Stranded, Cedar Rapids June 11 KINGSTON Kingston 204 Fire, Grenadier Island, 20 miles from Brockville July 30 MARY R. ROBINSON Chatham 247 Fire, west northwest 7 mile: from Michigan, Lake Huron Aug. 31 ORION Plcton 240 Foundered, Long Point, Lake Erie Sept. 2 ISABELLA Barrie Fire, near Orillia Sept. 18 ELLIOT American 300 Sank, 19 miles from Port Burwe11, N E X E,.Lake Erie Sept. 18 FORESTER American 350 Sank, 19 miles from Port Burwel], N E X E, Lake Erie Sept. 27 DALHOUSIE St. Catharines 353 Fire, 40 miles from Genesee Sept. 29 MILDER American Stranded, Fish Point, Lake Erie Oct. NINA St. Catharines Fire, near Kingston Oct. WOOD DUCK Oakville 90 Foundered, east of Oswego Oct. 14 ANNIE SHERWOOD American 622 Stranded, Colchester Reef, Lake Erie Nov. - WILLIAM JOHN Montreal 100 Foundered, 10 miles from Oswego, Lake Ontario Nov. 6 MEDBURY Foreign 226 Collision, Fourmile Point, Lake Ontario Nov. 17 JOHN A. McDONALD Toronto 326 Sank, 2 miles east of Salt Point, Lake Ontario Dec. 6 RUSSIA Chicago 1,540 Stranded, South Bar Point 18 7 3 Mar. 18 QUAIL Picton 25 Fire, Chatham, Bay of Quinte May M. I. MILLS Montreal 5 Sank, Landing Beach, Lake Huron May 12 L. RENAUD Montreal 336 Stranded, Heron Island, . I ». Lachine Rapids Aug. 231« M. EGAN ' n , ; Chicago 261 Stranded, i mile'from I ! 'I• • t«.«" ".I"f ? . •;.> i; • "I, Isle of ,Cove light Sept. 30 ALLIE • i ... : i Montreal 60 Stranded near Belleville,', : ,1 .!,--» •Lake Ontario Oct. 19> ' I. R. CROW Toronto n 77 Driven from moorings by larg 1 • . ! i .1 . ! ¡I • : T vessel, Leamington Dock Whar Lake Erie 18 7 3 (cont'd) Oct. 19 ST. LAWRENCE Montreal 290 Fire Bowardsburgh Canal 1 mile west at Lock 26 : Oct. 21 PICTON Picton 150 Stranded 1 i mile east r r : at Range Light Oct'. 29 ELIZABETH Canadian - Stranded Christian Island r • f . • ; ; Georgian Bay Nov. 5 BAVARIAN ' ,, • Montreal 330 Fire, 15 miles off Whitby .-, i •( • ,1 - ••• ; ••, • , . Light, Lake Ontario «;.? r • • -<:-,.• 18 7 4 » r -. f . , June 20 SHANNON Kingston 69 Foundered, 20 miles from Oswego, Lake Ontario •••••"<• 1. Aug. 20 CITY OF LONDON Port Stanley 307 Fire, Collin's Inlet Georgian Bay Oct. 12 FANNY CAMPBELL St. Catharines 346 Stranded, Manitoulin Gulf Nov. 2 WILD ROVER American 250 Long Point, Lake Erie Nov. 3 OSBORNE 656 Stranded, Cassidy's Reef, 2 miles from Port Colborne Nov. 3 NELLIE MCGILVRA Buffalo 427 Stranded, Shirlen Point, Lake Erie 18 7 5 Jan. 21 YOUNG LION St. Catharines Fire, 10 miles off north shore, Lake Port Credit Apr. 29 MINNIE MITCHEL Sarnia 35 Stranded, Lot 12 concession at Mersea Apr. 29 CLARA BELL Put in Bay 14 Stranded on the beach near Leamington I " I M : ; July 29 DOMINION Wallaceburg 117 Fire, River Thames, 5 j • miles below Chatham Sept. 2 PERRY Montreal 36.5 Stranded, Cape Hurd, 15 miles from Cover Island Light Oct. 8 GRACE SHERMAN Cleveland 73 Stranded about § mile east of Port Burwell Harbour Oct. 8 STANDBY Chatham 275 Fire, Dominion Wharf, li IT»"-- [ Hamilton Brockville 277 Fire, Dominion Wharf, Oct. - 8 BRISTON Hamilton Buffalo 257 Stranded about 500 ft. S E Oct. 31'"nGIBSON of piers, Port Burwell )h! :' iv 1 Montreal 463 Fire, Port Stanely, Lake Erie Nov." I v ' CITY OF SANSUSKY Nov. 8 ST.iJOSEPH Kincardine 70 Stranded, south end of ' '•_)( ' no:! <• rri '••" J Chantry Island, Lake Huron 18 7 5 (cont'd) Nov. 14 FEARLESS Hamilton 190 Stranded about 3 miles east of Lighthouse Toronto Lake Ontario Nov. 14 OLIVE BRANCH Oswego 160 Stranded 2 miles below Lighthouse at Toronto t •( • • • « . .. • •]-:•(•'•• '..-.I - : r r 18 7 6 Apr. 15 HERALD Montreal Foundered, 1 mile south of Port Stanley, Lake Erie May 7 BELLE McPHEE Owen Sound 121 Foundered, 8 miles north from Nottawasaga Light July 13 CHAMPION Montreal 17 Fire, Lake St. Clair Aug. 18 CLYDE Cobourg 44 Fire, Harwood Wharf, Twp. of Hamilton Oct. 26 MAGGIE HUNTER St. Catharines 169 Foundered, Unknown SIMON Ottawa 76 Fire, Rideau Canal 18 7 7 Mar. - NORFOLK Port Rowan 43 Fire, Napanee, Ont. June 17 PRINCE ARTHUR Ottawa 169 Fire, wharf at Portage du Fort, Ottawa River July 23 CUMBERLAND Toronto 229 Stranded, 5 miles from Washington Harbour, Isle Royale, Lake Superior Aug. 18 ALEX JONES Amherstburg 11 Fire, Babbit's Dock Oct. 3 LYDIA MACK Port Stanley 4 Foundered, 20 miles southwest Port Stanley, Lake Erie Oct. 3 ELIZA R. TURNER Cleveland 425 Stranded near old cut Long Point, Lake Erie Oct. 3 MADEIRA American 322 Stranded, Long Point, Lake Erie Oct. 4 NETTIE WEAVER Cleveland Foundered, 50 miles N W from Kincardine, Lake Huron Oct. 4 H. P. MURRAY St. Catharines Stranded, 4 miles from Pelee Island Light, Lake Erie Oct. 7 ' D. W. McCALL Port Dover 122 Stranded, outside Port • vo'.' Burwell, Lake Erie Oct. - 8 SWEDEN, [ Kingston 324 Stranded near'Port Stanley» Lake Erie •"> j :r ')•!> i American 350 Broke from steamer towing her 3 miles inside Point Pelee Oct. 8 C: P. WILLIAM vol ffr. r-'-r, Light, Lake Erie 18 7 7 (cont'd) Oct. 9 WM. SEYMOUR Goderich 44 Stranded, Lonely Island, Lake Huron Oct. 17 EXCURSION Lindsay 88 LindsayFire, , Ont. Nov. 2 MINNIE Port Colborne 90 Stranded, 1 mile east of Salt Point, Lake Ontario Nov. 9 E. FIE Goderich 35 Stranded, Chantry Island, ' r :• • '• y, ; Lake Huron Toronto 130 Stranded, mouth of Port Nov. 17 E.j I. PETERS Colborne Harbour St. Catharines Capsized. Found drifting MAGELLAN in Lake Michigan 18 7 8 Mar. 29 SILVER SPRAY Port Dalhousie 142 Fire, Owen Sound, Georgian Bay July 19 COLLINGWOOD St. Catharines 44 Fire, £ mile from Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay July 22 MARY R. ROBERTSON Chatham 247 Fire, Byng Inlet Harbour Sept. 5 OKONZA Owen Sound 52 Fire, Wiarton Wharf, Georgian Bay Sept. 8 H. I. RATHBUN Napanee 149 Stranded, southeast of pier, Port Burwell, Lake Erie Sept. 13 BISMARK Toronto 75 Stranded near Port Credit, Lake Ontario Sept. 13 SUNSHINE Toronto 34 Stranded near Hortons Point, near Port Credit Sept. 19 CANTIN Montreal 417 Fire, lie Perrot Oct. 9 MARY McVIE American 208 Stranded, h mile S W from Walker's Point, Manitoulin Island Oct. 25 STAR Napanee 227 Stranded, Charlotte Oct. 28 J. W. McGRATH St. Catharines 279 Foundered, 20 miles from , . • ,. T _ . , ' ....... Long Point, Lake Erie Darlington 120 Foundered opposite Bath, Ont.