Metropolis (Schooner), U16414, aground, 1 Oct 1857
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METROPOLIS Schooner, aground on Middle Island, Lake Huron. Property loss $6,500.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Jan. 28, 1858 (1857 Casualty List)
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METROPOLIS Schooner, ashore on Middle Island, Lake Huron. Got off by Propeller SALVOR. Property loss $6,000.
Chicago Daily Press
1857 Casualty List
The wrecking propeller SALVOR, Capt. Harding, arrived in port on Thursday evening, with the schooner METROPOLIS in tow, which she rescued from Middle Island Reef, on Lake Huron.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Monday, October 26, 1857
Schooner METROPOLIS. U. S. No. 16414. Of 245.94 tons gross; 233.64 tons net. Built Cleveland, O., 1857. Home port, Chiacgo, Ill. 124.7 x 28.2 x 11.1.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1885- Media Type
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- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
- Date of Original
- 1857
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.3305
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.19251 Longitude: -83.3272
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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