Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Wrecks of News Boy and Blazing Star

Description
Creator
Neff, Charles S., Artist
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Drawings
Notes
Wrecks of the News Boy and Blazing Star, Fisherman's Shoal, Lake Michigan, as seen in 1892. Outfit from the News Boy was salvaged by Samuel Neff & Sons in 1892 for $350. Charles S. Neff was present at the salvage work. The Blazing Star, a canal schooner of 265 tons, built 1873,Manitowoc, Wis. was wrecked in 1887. (Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1, p. 797. The News Boy a schooner of 413 gr. tons, built 1862, East Saginaw, Mich., was wrecked in 1891; a former barque. Also listed Beers, p. 866.
Date of Publication
1892
Subject(s)
Shipwrecks
Blazing Star (Schooner)
Newsboy (Schooner)
Donor
John S. Neff
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Wrecks of News Boy and Blazing Star