Nightingale (Schooner), U18123, aground, 1 Sep 1869
Description
- Full Text
NIGHTINGALE Schooner, cargo ore, on Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron; a total loss.
Marine Disasters on the Western
Lakes during 1869, Capt. J.W. Hall
The tug GEORGE HAND is to remove the wreck of the schr. NIGHTINGALE lost several years ago on Spectacle Reef. The hull of this vessel lies on the very spot where the projected lighthouse is to be built. - Detroit Tribune, 6th.
Buffalo Morning Express
June 8, 1871 3-5
NIGHTINGALE Schooner. U. S. No. 18123. Of 272 tons gross. Built Conneaut 1856 by Shaler. 138.0 x 29.5 x 11.3 two masts. Wrecked Lake Huron 1869.
Herman Runge List.
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Freight: ore
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1869
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.7728
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.76807 Longitude: -84.13946
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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