Araxes (Propeller), U310, aground, 23 Sep 1890

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Sand Beach, Mich.

The propeller

The ARAXES

Two very

Four lumber

The propeller

The Reid

Wrecker

Steam screw ARAXES.

Sept. 25. - The ARAXES and consorts which went ashore in the recent gale, have been abandoned to the underwriters and will be stripped. Chicago Inter-Ocean September 26, 1890 . . . . . ARAXES and tow are ashore above Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. Capt. J. J. H. Brown the owner, has gone to the scene and Capt. McLeod was notified to go there by the underwriters. Buffalo Evening News September 24, 1890 . . . . . and tow, ashore off Saginaw Bay are in bad shape. The ARAXES may be a total loss. Buffalo Evening News September 25, 1890 . . . . . good jobs of wrecking were done by the tug FAVORITE, this week. On Monday she took the steam barge JOHN F. HALL off the beach in Hammond's bay after 12 hours' work, arriving in Port Huron with her at a late hour that night. Early Tuesday morning she started back to her station at Cheboygan, but was intercepted at Sand Beach and sent to the assistance of the steam barge ARAXES and consorts, DRAKE and AMERICAN GIANT, which went ashore at Point aux Barques, where they are rapidly going to pieces. Also Wrecks and Heavy Losses. carriers driven ashore within the past few days may be released, but they will all suffer considerable damage. Three of them, the ARAXES and consorts DRAKE and AMERICAN GIANT, went on at Point aux Barques, Lake Huron, Monday night. The fourth is the barge YANKEE, which is on Rocky Mountain Point, Beaver Island, Lake Michigan. The YANKEE was bound for Chicago with the barges BAHAMA and JUPITER, in tow of the propeller NELSON MILLS. They were caught in a blow and all of them suffered some loss but the Yankee was most unfortunate. Marine Review September 25, 1890 . . . . . The ARAXES and consorts, ashore off Saginaw Bay, have been abandoned to the underwriters, no hope being entertained for their rescue. Buffalo Evening News September 26, 1890 . . . . . ARAXES has gone to pieces. There is still hope of the AMERICAN GIANT and DRAKE, her barges being saved. Buffalo Evening News September 30, 1890 . . . . . Wrecking Company yesterday released the ARAXES and the DRAKE and AMERICAN GIANT. Buffalo Evening News October 6, 1890 . . . . . Reid says that the barges DRAKE and GIANT are in shape to deliver their cargoes to Tonawanda. Buffalo Evening News October 9, 1890 . . . . . Tug SEA GULL will tow down the barges DRAKE and GIANT. The ARAXES will be taken to Bay City. Buffalo Evening News October 10, 1890 U. S. No. 310. Of 569.18 tons gross; 424.27 tons net. Built Buffalo, N.Y., 1856. Home port, Buffalo, N.Y. 182.0 x 30.0 x 10.1. Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1885

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