Iona (Scow), aground, 1 Nov 1874

IONA Scow, cargo barley, ashore at Presque Isle, lake Ontario, November 1874. Property loss $400
      Casualty List for 1874
      Chicago Inter-Ocean, Dec. 25, 1874

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Dispatches received yesterday report quite a number of vessels ashore at different points. Most of them were driven ashore during the gale, but the dense fog now hanging over the lake was the cause of several accidents. Advice from Kingston report the stmbs. NORMAN and LOTHAIR, and consort, and the schrs. PARAGON and SEABIRD, ashore at Amherst Island. The schrs. ARIEL and CHARM, loaded with barley, are ashore at Indian Pt. The prop. STANLEY and the schr. CARLTON went ashore on Amherst Island Tuesday night. The scow-schr. IONA, ashore at Presque Island loaded with barley, will likely prove a total loss.
      Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
      November 5, 1874 3-5

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IONIA Schooner, 8 years old, registered at Hamilton; bound from Cocsecon to Oswego, stranded on October 9th,1874, on the "Middle Ground", 1 mile east of presqu'Isle. She has sprung a leak which caused her stranding. Vessel was of 52 Tons Reg. Considered a partial wreck, with damages at $1,200
      Statement of Wreck & Casualty for 1874
      Dept. of marine & Fisheries
      Sessional Papers, Canada (No.5) A.1875

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IONIA Schooner of 52 Reg. Tons. Built Port Nelson 1874. Owned by W.J. Douglas of Port Nelson. 65' x 17'7" x 6
      Dominion of Canada
      Vessel Register 1874
      Port of Hamilton