Lookout (Schooner), U14675, aground, 29 Apr 1897
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Schooner LOOKOUT Strands And The Crew Is Rescued.
Two Rivers, Mich., April 29. -- In the northeast gale this morning the schooner LOOKOUT, bound from Chicago to Green Bay, went ashore about four miles north of this port. Capt, John Olson, who was also the owner of the schooner, and his crew of six men were taken from the wreck by the life-saving crew from Two Rivers. The LOOKOUT struck a bed of quicksand and will probably be a total loss. She is valued at $2,000 and is without insurance. She was without cargo.
Milwaukee Library Scrapbook
May 30, 1897
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The accident list grows. The small schooner WALLIN has been beached near Sheboygan. The life saving crew took off the captain and four men. The schooner LOOKOUT is ashore near Two Rivers. She is valued at $2,000 and will be a total loss.
Buffalo Evening News
Friday, April 30, 1897
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Schooner LOOKOUT, of 400 tons net and valued at $2,000, stranded April 29, 1897 at Two Rivers, Lake Michigan. Owned by Capt. John Olson, Chicago.
Lake Vessel Losses, 1897
Marine Review
December 23, 1897
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Schooner LOOKOUT. U. S. No. 14675. Of 226.22 gross tons; 214.91 tons net. Built Buffalo, N.Y., 1855. Home port, Kenosha, Wis. 127.0 x 27.0 x 10.0
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1885
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Hull damage: $2,000
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1897
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.18123
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Wisconsin, United States
Latitude: 44.15388 Longitude: -87.56925
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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