Champion (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1847

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CHAMPION Schooner,

The Schooner

GALE ON

Marine Disaster

CHAMPION

The schooner

The Chicago

bilged by running on a reef of rocks in Mackinaw Straits. Buffalo Courier (casualty list) March 17, 1848 . . . . . CHAMPION is wrecked at Basswood Island, near Mackinaw. Her side stove in. Supposed to be a total wreck. - Detroit Advertiser. Cleveland Herald Sat. Nov. 27, 1847 . . . . . LAKE HURON. - The steamer NILE, brings intelligence that this lake has recently been visited with a severe gale. A schooner is ashore at Saginaw Bay, name unknown. The schooner CHAMPION bound up, with a cargo of merchandize, had her side stove in. Vessel insured for $4,000 in the Buffalo Mutual Company, and cargo partially insured in the Buffalo Fire and Narine Company. Buffalo Republic Saturday, November 27, 1847 . . . . . - We learn from the Milwaukee Sentinal that the schooner CHAMPION is ashore at Bois Blanc Island, 5 miles from Mackinac. She was bound up, and loaded with salt, merchandise, &c. She lies in 4 feet water, and has water in her hold. The CHAMPION belongs to Mr. Sweet of Milwaukee, and was insured for $1,000. Orders have been sent to the Captain to strip and abandon her, as it is deemed impossible to get her off. Cleveland Herald Thurs. Dec. 3, 1847 . . . . . Schooner, bilged in Mackinac Straits by running on to a reef of rocks near Bois Blanc Island. Casualty List for 1847 Erik Hyle's private papers CHAMPION, beached on Bois Blanc Island, six miles from Mackinac, has been hauled out, and is being repaired preparatory to being launched on the 12 July next. Buffalo Daily Courier Friday, June 30, 1848 VESSELS WRECKED ON LAKE MICHIGAN. Journal gives the following statement, showing the number of vessels lost on Lake Michigan; their value, and the value of their cargoes when known; and the number of lives lost, from 1824 to 1847. Schooner LAWRENCE, 1824. $3,000 Schooner RED JACKET, 1826. 2,000 (here follows an interval of 7 years during which vessels must have been lost; but the record is not found.) Schooner ERIE PACKET, Dec. 1833 1,500 Schooner PRINCE EUGENE, Oct. 1834 27,000 Steamboat NEWBURYPORT, Oct. 1834 15,000 Steamboat PIONEER, Aug. 1834 10,000 Schooner name forgotten, 1835 2,000 Green Bay. Schooner UTICA, 1835 7,000 Schooner CHANCE, Nov. 1835 7 lives 2,000 Schooner BRIDGET, Nov. 1835 16 lives 5,000 Schooner SLOAN, Nov. 1835 6 lives 3,000 Steamboat DELAWARE, Apr. 1835 20,000 Sloop CLARISSA, Nov. 1836 1,500 Schooner CHICAGO, Oct. 1836 8,000 Schooner AUSTERLITZ, Oct. 1836 12,000 vessel and goods Schooner OHIO, Oct. 1837 6,000 Schooner LaPORTE, Oct. 1838 3,000 Schooner THOS. RICHMOND, Oct. 1838 6,000 Schooner LaFAYETTE, Oct. 1838 3,000 Schooner WHITE PIGEON, Nov. 1839 3,000 Brig JOHN KENZIE, Nov. 1839 3,000 Steamboat DETROIT, Aug. 1839 20,000 Schooner VIRGINIA, Nov. 1839 7,000 wheat Steamboat TAYLOR, Oct. 1840 8,000 Steamboat CHAMPLAIN, May 1840 10,000 Schooner NEPTUNE, Nov. 1840 24 lives 15,000 goods Schooner CINCINNATI Oct. 1840 1,500 Schooner JEFFERSON Apr. 1840 1,800 Schooner HURON Oct. 1840 2,000 Schooner POST BOY Oct. 1841 13 lives 1,000 goods Sloop SPITFIRE Oct. 1841 500 Schooner ONEIDA Nov. 1841 20,000 wheat Schooner BANCROFT Nov. 1842 4,000 Ship MILWAUKEE Nov. 1842 9 lives 10,000 Ship FLORIDA, Nov. 1842 4,000 Brig COLUMBUS, Nov. 1842 12,000 wheat Brig HUMMINGBIRD. May 1843 6 lives 1,000 Schooner HARRIET, May 1843 8 lives 2,500 Schooner MINERVA SMITH, May 1844 1,000 Schooner WAVE, March 1844 5 lives 1,000 Schooner VICTORY, March 1844 7 lives 2,000 Schooner WHITNEY, Aug. 1844 6 lives 2,000 Ship SUPERIOR, Sept. 1845 5,000 Schooner JACOB BARKER, Nov. 1845 2,000 Brig OLIVER, Nov. 1845 2,000 Schooner OCEAN, Apr. 1845 6 lives 1,000 Schooner SAVANNAH, Apr. 1845 5,000 Schooner JEFFERSON, Apr. 1845 4,500 Brig INDIANA, Oct. 1845 4,000 Schooner SWIFT, Oct. 1845 600 Brig ROSA, Oct. 1845 8,000 Schooner MARGARET HELM Nov. 1845 1,500 Steamboat BOSTON, Nov. 1846 70,000 Sloop JAMES K. POLK Nov. 1846 1,000 Schooner ----?---- Nov. 1846 4,000 Sloop RODOLPH, Nov. 1846 4 lives 400 Schooner St. JOSEPH, Apr. 1847 1,000 Schooner SOLOMON JUNEAU Apr. 1847 4,000 Schooner MARY ELIZABETH Apr. 1847 2,000 Schooner WISCONSIN, Apr. 1847 1,500 Schooner OUTWARD BOUND Oct. 1847 2,000 Schooner ILLINOIS, Nov. 1847 5,000 Green Bay Propeller PHOENIX Nov. 1847 164 lives 80,000 * Schooner CHAMPION Nov. 1847 15,000 Schooner E.G. WOOLCOTT, Nov. 1847 10,000 Schooner H. MERRILL, Nov. 1847 10,000 Total Value $512,000 Total number of lives lost 288 Buffalo Republic Wednesday, February 9, 1848 . . . . .

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