Robert Wood (Schooner), capsized, 1 Apr 1854
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Dunkirk, April 27. -- The schooner WOOD capsized in the lake about twenty miles from this port. The crew were saved.
Cleveland Morning Leader
Saturday, April 29, 1854
WRECK OF THE SCHOONER ROBERT WOOD. -- Capt. Heward of the propeller CHARTER, at 6 o'clock on Friday, P. M., found the schooner ROBERT WOOD, capsized 6 miles below Conneaut, and towed her into that port. She was full of water, her sails washed away, but no one on board. She was loaded with lumber. There was no yawl boat, and nothing has been heard of her crew. Probably all lost. -- Cleveland Herald
Buffalo Daily Republic
Tuesday, May 2, 1854
WOOD, ROBERT Schooner, waterlogged and capsized off Dunkirk, Lake Erie. Property loss $2,000
Buffalo Democracy
Feb. 28, 1855 (casualty list)
Schooner ROBERT WOOD. Of 152 tons. Built Clayton, N.Y. Lost at Dunkirk, N.Y., 1854
Herman Runge Notes
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: capsized
Lives: nil
Remarks: Recovered
- Date of Original
- 1854
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.1643
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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New York, United States
Latitude: 42.4795 Longitude: -79.33393
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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