Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Potomac (Schooner), aground, 1 Dec 1854

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POTOMAC Schooner, ashore near Port Dalhousie, lake Ontario, cargo wheat. Property loss $12,000. Two lives lost.
      Buffalo Democracy
      Feb. 28, 1855 (casualty list)


      . . . . .

A telegraph last evening, reports the schooner POTOMAC, with a cargo of wheat, ashore at the mouth of the Genesee River.
      The Democracy, Buffalo
      Thursday, December 7, 1854

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Newspaper
Item Type
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Notes
Reason: aground
Lives: 2
Freight: wheat
Remarks: ?
Date of Original
1854
Subject(s)
Schooners
Potomac (Schooner)
Local identifier
McN.W.1969
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Port Dalhousie
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.20011 Longitude: -79.26629
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Potomac (Schooner), aground, 1 Dec 1854