Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Isaac L. Ellwood (Propeller), U100707, aground, 27 Nov 1905

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MANY VESSELS AND LIVES LOST IN LAKE STORM
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      (By Associated Press)
      Chicago, November 29. - Reports received up to early today show 18 vessels were wrecked in the storm which swept over the Great Lakes Monday night and yesterday. One life is known to have been lost, and it is feared eight others have perished as a result of the storm. Four vessels are reported missing.
      THE WRECKS.
      The following is a list of the vessels wrecked and missing:
CRESCENT CITY, steel steamer, driven ashore near Duluth.
MATAAFA, Steel steamer, driven ashore at Duluth.
R.W. ENGLAND, steel steamer, wrecked near Duluth.
ISAAC L. ELWOOD, steel steamer, disabled in Duluth Harbor.
J.H. OUTHWAITE, steamer, ashore and burned near Sheboygan, Mich.
CITY OF HOLLAND, passenger steamer, stranded at Rogers City, Mich.
D.C. WHITNEY, steamer, ashore near Port Washington, Wis.
J.H. SPAULDING, schooner, ashore near Port Huron, Mich.
MARY MITCHELL, schooner, stranded near Sheboygan, Mich.
HARVEY BISSELL, schooner, broken up at Alpena.
F.A. GEORGER, schooner, dismasted on Lake Michigan, towed to Sheboygan, Wis.
OLIVER MOWATT, ashore in Lake Ontario.
JIM SHERIFFS, steamer, dismasted on Lake Huron.
VINLAND, schooner, waterlogged at Alpena.
Unknown Vessel, reported ashore at Presque Isle, Lake Huron
CHARLES. M. WARNER, steamer, ashore at Nine Mile Point, near Sheboygan, Mich.
MARIPOSA, steamer, ashore at Split Rock.
GEORGE HERBERT, scow, sunk off Two Islands, Lake Superior.
      REPORTED MISSING.
ANGELINE, steel steamer, Lake Superior.
JAMES MOWATT, schooner, Lake Huron.
MOHEGAN, steamer, Lake Huron.
ALCONA, steamer, and barges, Green Bay.
      Buffalo Evening News
      November 29, 1905

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Duluth, Dec. 5. - The steamer ELLWOOD, which has been on the bottom in the harbor since the big storm, has been raised. Her ore cargo is being taken out.
      Buffalo Evening News
      December 5, 1905

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Steam screw ISAAC L. ELLWOOD. U. S. No. 100707. Of 5,904 tons gross; 4,526 tons net. Built West Bay City, Mich, 1900. Home port, Duluth, Minn. 478.0 x 52.0 x 30.0 Freight service. Steel built. Crew of 24. Of 1,800 indicated horsepower.
      Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1903


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Newspaper
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Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: iron ore
Remarks: Got off
Date of Original
1905
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Local identifier
McN.W.17059
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Minnesota, United States
    Latitude: 46.78327 Longitude: -92.10658
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Isaac L. Ellwood (Propeller), U100707, aground, 27 Nov 1905