Trader (Propeller), exploded boiler, 8 Nov 1866
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Incidents of Interest in Navigation Season of 1866.
Oct. 22, propeller TRADER explodes on Lake Huron; three persons killed.
Detroit Free Press
December 23, 1866
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TRADER Propeller, exploded her boiler and killed three men on Lake Huron, November 1866. Property loss $2,000
Casualty List for 1866---Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 26, 1867
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TRADER Propeller of 151 Tons, owned at East Saginaw by Rust Co. Bound from Saginaw to Toledo, exploded boiler on Lake Huron, killing three persons, November 1866. Loss to ship $6,000 insurance $3,800
Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes
1863-1873 U. S. Coast Guard Report
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EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BARGE. - The steam barge TRADER, recently engaged in the lumber trade between this city and Lake Huron ports, blew up on the morning of Nov. 8th, when opposite Sand Beach on the shore of Lake Huron. The fireman and wheelsman were killed instantly, and one of the deck hands was very badly scalded. The TRADER was owned at Cleveland. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. - Toledo Blade.
Buffalo Daily Courier
Monday, November 12, 1866
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- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: exploded boiler
Lives: 3
Remarks: Repaired
- Date of Original
- 1866
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.12712
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 43.84168 Longitude: -82.6416
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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