Mechanic (Brig), U16399, aground, 1 Oct 1866
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MECHANIC Brig, cargo lumber, ashore at Wineika, October 1866. Got off. Property loss, hull $2,000 cargo $300
Casualty List for 1866---Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 26, 1867
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MECHANIC Brig of 312 Tons, owned at Chicago by Jafford &Co. Bound from Oconto to Chicago, went ashore near Chicago, October 1866. Loss to ship $1,000 insurance $500 loss to cargo $800 insurance $380
Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes
1863-1873 U. S. Coast Guard Report
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ASHORE. - We learn from a despatch received Wednesday afternoon by Wm. O. Brown, Esq., that the bark GREAT WEST No. 1, and the brig MECHANIC are ashore on the west side of Lake Michigan, between Racine and Chicago. The latter is light and the former had a cargo of 600 tons of coal.
Buffalo Daily Courier
Friday, October 12, 1866
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MARINE NEWS. - The brig MECHANIC is ashore twenty miles above Chicago.
Buffalo Daily Courier
Saturday, October 13, 1866
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Hull damage: $2,000
Cargo: $300
Freight: lumber
Remarks: Got off
- Date of Original
- 1866
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.12591
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Illinois, United States
Latitude: 41.85003 Longitude: -87.65005
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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