Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Sea Bird (Schooner), aground, 1 May 1866

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SEA BIRD Schooner, ashore at Big Point Sable, Lake Michigan, May 1866; got off. Property loss $700
      Casualty List for 1866---Buffalo
      Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 26, 1867


SEA BIRD Schooner of 381 tons, owned at Buffalo by Brown. bound from Chicago to Buffalo, went ashore at Point Sauble, Lake Huron, May 1866. Jettisoned cargo of grain. Loss to ship $2,600 insurance $1,400 Loss to cargo $13,000 insurance on cargo $8,000.
      Marine Casualties on the Great
      Lakes 1863-1873 U. S. Coast Guard

NOTE.-- difference in the Lakes, but L. M. is more likely


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Notes
Reason: aground
Hull damage: $2,600
Cargo: $13,000
Freight: grain
Remarks: Got off
Date of Original
1866
Subject(s)
Local identifier
McN.W.12142
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 44.05778 Longitude: -86.51425
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Sea Bird (Schooner), aground, 1 May 1866