Maid of the Mist (Schooner), U17349, aground, 25 Sep 1878
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Alpena, Mich., Sept. 26. -- The schooner MAID OF THE MIST went ashore near Nine Mile Point yesterday; total wreck. Crew all saved and stripping the vessel today. The captain estimates his loss at $800.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Friday, September 27, 1878
The schooner MAID OF THE MIST went ashore on 9 mile point on the 25th and is a total wreck. She is being stripped. She was an old craft, and had been considered as condemned.
Port Huron Daily Times
Saturday, September 28, 1878
LOSS OF THE MAID OF THE MIST.
On Wednesday the scow MAID OF THE MIST went ashore near Nine Mile Point, Lake Huron, and will prove a total wreck. The crew escaped, and on Thursday were engaged in stripping the vessel of everything of value. The MIST was owned by the captain, who places his loss at $800.
Chicago Inter Ocean
Monday, September 30, 1878
Schooner MAID OF THE MIST. U. S. No. 17349. Of 110.78 tons. Home port, Toledo, Ohio.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1869
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1878
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.13419
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.64029 Longitude: -84.21585
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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