(Schooner), sunk, 6 Oct 1893
- Full Text
Leamington, Oct. 7 - All day yesterday two schooners were anchored off the west side of Point Pelee, trying to weather the terrible gale that blew over Lake Erie. When night came they hung out their lights as usual.
At 11:00 the lights suddenly disappeared. This morning at daybreak one of the schooners, the DAVID STEWART, was discovered sunk within 250 yards off shore with 5 men and 1 woman clinging to the rigging. Great waves were rushing over the rigging and threatening every moment to wash away the survivors of the wreck. A mile and a half out the mast of the other schooner could be seen, and the strongest glasses failed to show any appearance of life in the rigging. The name of the boat cannot be ascertained.
The schr. DAVID STEWART sunk off Point Pelee last night, registers 518 tons and was built at Cleveland and is owned by Peck of Marine City.
Buffalo Enquirer
October 7, 1893 7-4
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: sunk
Lives: all
Remarks: Total loss ?
- Date of Original
- 1893
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.15416
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 41.908055 Longitude: -82.508888
-
- Donor
- William R. McNeil
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Maritime History of the Great LakesEmail:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
