Grace Amelia (Schooner), C71272, struck dock, 19 Nov 1885
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Port Huron, Nov. 19. - The schooner GRACE AMELIA arrived this afternoon in a water-logged condition. She struck the railroad dock at Port [sic] Edward and filled with water. She also lost about three hundred cedar ties on Lake Huron.
Saginaw Courier-Herald
Sunday, November 20, 1885
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The schooner GRACE AMELIA was being attended to yesterday - pumped out and straightened up.
The Detroit Tribune
Friday, July 23, 1886
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The tug FOLGER yesterday afternoon removed from below Windsor the three-masted schooner GRACE AMELIA to above Walkerville, at what is known as the Canada vessel graveyard. She was half full of water on her arrival there.
The Detroit Tribune
Friday, July 30, 1886
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NOTE.- The GRACE AMELIA is still listed in the Lloyd's 1890 Canadian Vessel Register.
Schooner GRACE AMELIA. Official Canada No. 71272. Of 199 tons Register. Built Port Burwell, Ont., 1874. Home port, Port Burwell, Ont. 127.0 x 25.0 x 7.3 Owned by Catharine Fleming, of Windsor, Ont.
List of Vessels on the Registry Books of the
Dominion of Canada on December 31, 1886
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
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- Notes
- Reason: struck dock
Lives: nil
Freight: cedar ties
Remarks: Repaired ?
- Date of Original
- 1885
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.17542
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.005555 Longitude: -82.398611
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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