Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Abiah (Schooner), capsized, 1 Sep 1854

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ABIAH Schooner, capsized off Sheboygan, Lake Michigan. Property loss $9,000.
      Buffalo Democracy
      Feb. 28, 1855 (casualty list)

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VESSEL CAPSIZED.---Schooner L. LUDDINGTON, arrived on Saturday from Buffalo, reports the schooner ABIAH, from Chicago, bound for Oconto, capsized. She was in ballast, and went over in a squall on Friday morning, about 7 o'clock, being ten miles east of Sheboygan. The Captain and crew, and two passengers, were taken off by the captain of the LUDDINGTON, and landed at Sheboygan.--------- Milwaukee Wisconsin, 4th.
      The Democracy, Buffalo
      Saturday, September 9, 1854


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Notes
Reason: capsized
Lives: nil
Freight: nil
Remarks: Total loss ?
Date of Original
1854
Subject(s)
Local identifier
McN.W.1738
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Wisconsin, United States
    Latitude: 43.75083 Longitude: -87.71453
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Abiah (Schooner), capsized, 1 Sep 1854