Portage (Schooner), lost mainmast, 1 Aug 1871
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Schooner PORTAGE, lost her mainmast near Portage, Lake Superior.
Marine Disasters of the Western
Lakes during 1871, Capt. J.W. Hall
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PORTAGE Schooner of 224 tons, owned Oswego by S. Dolittle. Bound from Marquette, Lake Superior to Cleveland, Lake Erie, lost her mainmast on Lake Superior, August 1871. Loss to vessel $200.
Marine Casualties of the Great Lakes 1863 to 1873
Report of the United States Coast Guard
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MAINMAST GONE. - The schooner PORTAGE, bound to Portage River recently, lost her mainmast in a gale on Lake Erie, and was towed into Cleveland.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Tuesday, August 22, 1871
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NOTE:- big difference in Location of casualty; there is a Portage River on Lake Erie. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser's version is believed and is being documented as the proper casualty.
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: lost mainmast
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
- Date of Original
- 1871
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.5734
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.454166 Longitude: -81.121388
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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