Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Montcalm (Schooner), U16343, aground, 21 Aug 1868

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The schooner MONTCALM has been got off the breakwater without serious damage.
      Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
      August 21, 1868 3-4

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A telegram from Buffalo on the 19th. says "Schooner MONT BLANC, (sic) of Detroit, with a cargo of grain from Chicago, entering the harbor during a heavy gale, went ashore on the breakwater at one o'clock this morning. The schooner is thumping heavily, but will be got off without much damage."
      Chicago Tribune
      Friday, August 21, 1868
     
      . . . . .

      The schooner MONTCALM has been got off the breakwater at Buffalo without serious damage.
      Chicago Tribune
      Monday, August 24, 1868

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Schooner MONTCALM. U. S. No. 16343. Of 297.24 tons gross; 282.38 tons net. Built Clayton, N.Y. 18667. Home port, Rochester, N.Y. 137.5 x 26.1 x 11.5
      Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1891
     


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Notes
Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
Date of Original
1868
Subject(s)
Local identifier
McN.W.15779
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • New York, United States
    Latitude: 42.88645 Longitude: -78.87837
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Montcalm (Schooner), U16343, aground, 21 Aug 1868