No. 23 (Barge), aground, 1 Aug 1866

No. 23 Barge, cargo lumber, broke adrift from tow off Long Point, Lake Ontario, August 1866. Total loss with the loss of three lives. Property loss, hull $800 cargo $1,300
      Casualty List for 1866---Buffalo
      Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 26, 1867


LOSS OF LIFE ON THE LAKE. -- It turns out that in addition to Boyce and Barton there was but one more hand [Coulter] drowned from the barges wrecked on Monday last. all the hands on board Jack O'Shea's barge were saved, but had not been heard from when the telegrams were first sent on here. A letter from Dr. Evans of Picton to the High Bailiff states that an inquest was held on the bodies of Boyce and Barton, but in consequence of the negligence shown by the captain of the tug in not going to their assistance, the inquest has been adjourned for further evidence. The letter of Dr. Evans also states that the wrecking occurred off Long Point, and that the barge [No. 23] belonged to Mr. Berry, of Kingston. -- Kingston News
      Goderich Signal, Semi Weekly
      Tuesday, August 21, 1866
     
     
Barge TWENTY THREE. Built Sorel, 1862, of 109 tons Register. 94.3 x 18.8 x 6.8 Home port, Montreal. Owned by Sincennes & McNaughton Line, of Montreal.
      List of Vessels on the Registry Books of the
      Dominion of Canada on December 31, 1874