Cavanaugh (Canal Boat), aground, 12 Aug 1871
Description
- Full Text
CANAL BOATS ASHORE - the tug C.P. MOREY and Canal Boats IDA O. SAWER and M. CAVANAUGH went ashore Saturday morning above Big Sodus. The canal boats were laden with iron ore, from Bear Creek to this port, in tow of the tug, and in attempting to make Sodus in a gale went ashore as above stated. The CAVANAUGH is a total wreck, and the SAWYER is considerably damaged. Efforts are being made today to get off the latter. The tug was pulled off by the Revenue Cutter CHASE. - Oswego Times.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Tuesday, August 15, 1871
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: iron ore
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1871
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.15653
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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New York, United States
Latitude: 43.25729 Longitude: -76.96663
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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