Sea Witch (Scow), capsized, 28 Jul 1857
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Scow SEA WITCH, capsized on Lake Erie, towed to Cleveland. Property loss, $1,000
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
January 28, 1858 (1857 Casualty List)
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The scow schr. SEA WITCH from Cleveland, for Buffalo, with a cargo of staves, capsized on the 28th ult, in a squall, about 10 miles off Erie. The tug D.P. RHODES took off the crew and afterwards, with the stm. HUDSON, went ot the vessel, righted her, towed her into Erie; where she was pumped out. She then sailed, and arrived in port on the 1st, having lost her big anchor, a big line and a few other articles.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
August 5, 1857 2-6
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: capsized
Lives: nil
Freight: staves
Remarks: Recovered
- Date of Original
- 1857
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.3152
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Pennsylvania, United States
Latitude: 42.12922 Longitude: -80.08506
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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