Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Great West (Bark), collision, 1 May 1855

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GREAT WEST Barque and Schooner SOUVENIER collide at Milwaukee. Property loss $1000 (both vessels ?)
      Buffalo Morning Express (casualty list)
      Jan. 11, 1856

      . . . . .

SCHOONER DAMAGED.---The schooner SOVERNIR (sic) was considerably damaged, this forenoon, by coming in collision with the barque GREAT WEST, at the mouth of the river. - Milwaukee Sentinel
      The Democracy, Buffalo
      Wednesday, May 23, 1855

NOTE:--vessel casualty entered as SOUVENIR


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Text
Newspaper
Item Type
Clippings
Notes
Reason: collision
Lives: nil
Remarks: Damage slight
Date of Original
1855
Subject(s)
Barks
Great West (Bark)
Local identifier
McN.W.805
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Milwaukee
    Wisconsin, United States
    Latitude: 43.0389 Longitude: -87.90647
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Great West (Bark), collision, 1 May 1855