Post Boy (Schooner), aground, 23 Oct 1841

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WRECK.--We are pained

Wreck. -

I wish,
A report
Two sailors
on board!

We learn

THE LOSS

WRECKED VESSELS.
The schooner

When the

Detroit Enrollment

Detroit Enrollment

The Chicago

to learn that the schooner POST BOY, which recently left this port, was wrecked about fifteen miles north of Kalamazoo.--Fragments of the vessel were strewn along the beach for miles in either direction, and the small boat was found in two pieces. The schooner's figure-head was brought to this city.--The crew consisted of eight or ten persons, and as nothing has been heard from them, it can scarcely be doubted that they have perished. They were all citizens, we believe, of Michigan. - Chicago American, Oct. 30. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Saturday, November 6, 1841 p.3 col. 6 . . . . . We are pained to learn that the schooner Post Boy, which recently left this port was lost about 15 miles north of Kalamazoo. Fragments of the vessel were strewn along the beach for miles in either direction, and the small boat was found in two pieces. The schooner's figure head has been brought to this city. The crew consisted of some eight or ten persons, and as nothing has been heard of them, it can scarcely be doubted that they have perished. They were all citizens, we believe, of Michigan. -Chicago Amer. Detroit Free Press Saturday, November 13, 1841 . . . . . Correspondence of the Grand Rapids Enquirer. GRAND HAVEN, Nov. 3, 1841. through your paper, to acquaint those interested, if any there be within your circulation, of the fate of some of the vessels upon this Lake, during the gale of date about 23d October. has been in circulation here for some days, that the schooner Post Boy, from Chicago to Muskegon, was lost. To-day it is confirmed by the arrival of men from St. Joseph, coming for the purpose of finding the wreck. They found fragments of her scattered upon the beach in different places, between Kalamazoo and this river, together with a part of her freight. She, doubtless, was broken in pieces by the sea, and all on board perished! These men report Augustus Pennoyer and brother, of Muskegon, (brothers of Henry Pennoyer,) and two gentlemen of this river, passengers. As it regards the passengers, it may be mere conjecutre. from the "Onondaga, " came in this afternoon, having left her near the Manistee river, on the beach. They went ashore on Saturday night, October 23d. The crew succeeded in getting off on the following day and Monday. She was loaded with wheat from Chicago to Oswego. The Captain and wife, with the remainder of the crew, are yet behind. They saw a "fore and aft" schooner on Saturday afternoon, apparently bound up the Lake, at the distance of about one mile from them; this vessel suddenly disappeared, and, as they supposed, went down with all Yours, T. W. W. that the schooner Onondaga had on board six thousand bushels of wheat. A letter received since the above was in type says, there were three other vessels in sight when the Onondaga beached, and it inclines to the opinion that they all went ashore. Parts of the brig INDIANA have been found on the beach, leaving no doubt of her total loss. The crew of the Onondaga arrived safe, a day or two ago, at Grand Haven, from the manistee where she was wrecked. -- Editor, Enquirer Detroit Free Press Wednesday, November 17, 1841 . . . . . Grand Haven, (Mich.) Nov. 3, 1841 I wish through your paper, to acquaint those interested, if any there be within your circulation, of the fate of some of the vessels upon this lake, during the gale of date about 23 rd. of October. A report has been in circulation here for some days, that the schooner POST BOY, from Chicago to Muskegon, was lost. Today it is confirmed by the arrival of men from St. Joseph, coming for the purpose of finding the wreck. They found fragments of her scattered upon the beach in different places, between Kalamazoo and this river, together with part of her freight. She, doubtless, was broken in pieces by the sea, and all on board perished. These men report Augustus Pennoyer and brother, of Muskegon, (brother of Henry Pennoyer,) and two gentlemen of this river, passengers, it may be mere conjecture. . . . . . Commercial Advertiser & Journal, Buffalo Saturday evening, November 20, 1841 2 - 6 . . . . . OF THE SCHOONER POST BOY. It is now ascertained that the POST BOY which was lost on the Lake about the 23d October, had on board when she left Chicago, nine or ten persons, including seamen and passengers, not one of whom was saved. A keg of powder was shipped at Chicago and it is supposed it must have exploded, breaking the schooner in pieces while at sea. Grand Rapids Enq. Detroit Free Press Wednesday, December 1, 1841 -- A letter in the Grand Rapids Enquirer, reports the loss of the schooner POST BOY, and that a portion of the wreck was found between Kalamazoo River and Grand Haven. It is feared that the crew and three passengers were lost. ONONDAGA is reported on the beach near Manistee River. She had on board 6,000 bushels of wheat for Oswego. The same paper says that parts of the brig INDIANA have been found on the beach, leaving no doubt of her total loss. ONONDAGA beached, three other vessels are said to have been in sight, and are supposed to have gone ashore. But this is all conjecture, -- Detroit Adv. Erie Gazette Thursday, December 2, 1841 . . . . . - POST BOY Schr. 56.14 tons. Built Portland Harbor, Ohio ? 59'3" x 18' x 6'1" Two masts - No figure head. - No. 47 of 1837. . . . . . - POST BOY Schr. 56.14 tons. Built Portland Harbor 1832. ex 47 of 1837 now 20 of 1841 . . . . . VESSELS WRECKED ON LAKE MICHIGAN. Journal gives the following statement, showing the number of vessels lost on Lake Michigan; their value, and the value of their cargoes when known; and the number of lives lost, from 1824 to 1847. Schooner LAWRENCE, 1824. $3,000 Schooner RED JACKET, 1826. 2,000 (here follows an interval of 7 years during which vessels must have been lost; but the record is not found.) Schooner ERIE PACKET, Dec. 1833 1,500 Schooner PRINCE EUGENE, Oct. 1834 27,000 Steamboat NEWBURYPORT, Oct. 1834 15,000 Steamboat PIONEER, Aug. 1834 10,000 Schooner name forgotten, 1835 2,000 Green Bay. Schooner UTICA, 1835 7,000 Schooner CHANCE, Nov. 1835 7 lives 2,000 Schooner BRIDGET, Nov. 1835 16 lives 5,000 Schooner SLOAN, Nov. 1835 6 lives 3,000 Steamboat DELAWARE, Apr. 1835 20,000 Sloop CLARISSA, Nov. 1836 1,500 Schooner CHICAGO, Oct. 1836 8,000 Schooner AUSTERLITZ, Oct. 1836 12,000 vessel and goods Schooner OHIO, Oct. 1837 6,000 Schooner LaPORTE, Oct. 1838 3,000 Schooner THOS. RICHMOND, Oct. 1838 6,000 Schooner LaFAYETTE, Oct. 1838 3,000 Schooner WHITE PIGEON, Nov. 1839 3,000 Brig JOHN KENZIE, Nov. 1839 3,000 Steamboat DETROIT, Aug. 1839 20,000 Schooner VIRGINIA, Nov. 1839 7,000 wheat Steamboat TAYLOR, Oct. 1840 8,000 Steamboat CHAMPLAIN, May 1840 10,000 Schooner NEPTUNE, Nov. 1840 24 lives 15,000 goods Schooner CINCINNATI Oct. 1840 1,500 Schooner JEFFERSON Apr. 1840 1,800 Schooner HURON Oct. 1840 2,000 * Schooner POST BOY Oct. 1841 13 lives 1,000 goods Sloop SPITFIRE Oct. 1841 500 Schooner ONEIDA Nov. 1841 20,000 wheat Schooner BANCROFT Nov. 1842 4,000 Ship MILWAUKEE Nov. 1842 9 lives 10,000 Ship FLORIDA, Nov. 1842 4,000 Brig COLUMBUS, Nov. 1842 12,000 wheat Brig HUMMINGBIRD. May 1843 6 lives 1,000 Schooner HARRIET, May 1843 8 lives 2,500 Schooner MINERVA SMITH, May 1844 1,000 Schooner WAVE, March 1844 5 lives 1,000 Schooner VICTORY, March 1844 7 lives 2,000 Schooner WHITNEY, Aug. 1844 6 lives 2,000 Ship SUPERIOR, Sept. 1845 5,000 Schooner JACOB BARKER, Nov. 1845 2,000 Brig OLIVER, Nov. 1845 2,000 Schooner OCEAN, Apr. 1845 6 lives 1,000 Schooner SAVANNAH, Apr. 1845 5,000 Schooner JEFFERSON, Apr. 1845 4,500 Brig INDIANA, Oct. 1845 4,000 Schooner SWIFT, Oct. 1845 600 Brig ROSA, Oct. 1845 8,000 Schooner MARGARET HELM Nov. 1845 1,500 Steamboat BOSTON, Nov. 1846 70,000 Sloop JAMES K. POLK Nov. 1846 1,000 Schooner ----?---- Nov. 1846 4,000 Sloop RODOLPH, Nov. 1846 4 lives 400 Schooner St. JOSEPH, Apr. 1847 1,000 Schooner SOLOMON JUNEAU Apr. 1847 4,000 Schooner MARY ELIZABETH Apr. 1847 2,000 Schooner WISCONSIN, Apr. 1847 1,500 Schooner OUTWARD BOUND Oct. 1847 2,000 Schooner ILLINOIS, Nov. 1847 5,000 Green Bay Propeller PHOENIX Nov. 1847 164 lives 80,000 Schooner CHAMPION Nov. 1847 15,000 Schooner E.G. WOOLCOTT, Nov. 1847 10,000 Schooner H. MERRILL, Nov. 1847 10,000 Total Value $512,000 Total number of lives lost 288 Buffalo Republic Wednesday, February 9, 1848 . . . . .

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