Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Aetna (Schooner), ashore, 18 May 1856

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Schooner AETNA, cargo of lumber, ashore near Cattaraugus, jettisoned 15,000 feet and got off. Property loss, cargo $100.
      Buffalo Daily Republic
      January 31, 1857 (1856 casualty list)

      . . . . .

      The schooner AETNA, which arrived yesterday from Erie, went ashore on Sunday, the 18th., at noon, in a fog, about four miles below Cattaraugus Creek. The captain threw overboard between 10,000 and 15,000 feet of lumber, and she was got off about midnight, and came into port.
      Buffalo Daily Courier
      May 20, 1856

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Newspaper
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Notes
Reason: ashore
Lives: nil
Cargo: $100
Freight: lumber
Remarks: Got off
Date of Original
1856
Subject(s)
Schooners
Aetna (Schooner)
Local identifier
McN.W.14741
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Aetna (Schooner), ashore, 18 May 1856