Pontiac (Propeller), U150476, aground, 12 Sep 1910
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PONTIAC AGROUND.
At last reports wreckers were still working on the steamer PONTIAC which went aground on Watson's Reef in the Soo River yesterday. It is reported that the steamer's bottom is badly damaged and three tanks on her side are full of water. The PONTIAC was up bound from Buffalo with coal.
Buffalo Evening News
September 13, 1910
PONTIAC RELEASED.
The steamer PONTIAC, which was uground in the Soo River, was floated by the wrecker FAVORITE yesterday. She will go to Detour to unload what is left of her cargo of coal, and then be taken to a Lake Erie port for repairs.
Buffalo Evening News
September 15, 1910
Steam screw PONTIAC. U. S. No. 150476. Of 2,298 tons gross; 1,788 tons net. Built Cleveland, Ohio, 1889. Home port, Marquette, Mich. 300.0 x 40.0 x 24.8 Freight service. Crew of 29. Of 1,220 indicated horsepower. Steel built.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1911
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: coal
Remarks: Got off
- Date of Original
- 1910
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.18194
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.059722 Longitude: -83.945833
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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