Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Portsmouth (Propeller), aground, 1 Oct 1866

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PORTSMOUTH Propeller, ashore at Waukegan, October 1866. Got off. Property loss, hull $1,000, cargo $200
      Casualty List for 1866---Buffalo
      Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 26, 1867

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      The board of Lake Underwriters report the propeller PORTSMOUTH, bound up, ashore at Waukegan, Illinois.
      Buffalo Daily Courier
      Saturday, October 13, 1866

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      The propeller PORTSMOUTH, which run ashore at Waukegan, was got off by the tug G.W. WOOD, and is now in Chicago. She jettisoned 100 bbls. water lime and 500 bbls. salt before the tug could haul her off. She was only lightly damaged.
      Buffalo Daily Courier
      Tuesday, October 16, 1866


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Newspaper
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Notes
Reason: aground
Hull damage: $1,000
Cargo: $200
Remarks: Got off
Date of Original
1866
Subject(s)
Local identifier
McN.W.12562
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Illinois, United States
    Latitude: 42.36363 Longitude: -87.84479
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Portsmouth (Propeller), aground, 1 Oct 1866