Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Favorite (Propeller), collision, 3 Aug 1877

Description
Full Text

A COLLISION
      A Schooner And Propeller Collide - The Former Sunk.
      Chicago, August 3. - The schooner GRACE A. SHANNON, owned by Alexander A. Graham, of Chicago, which left Buffalo with six hundred tons of coal, consigned to Mr. Hildstrong, of this city, was run into early this morning by the propeller FAVORITE, between Milwaukee and Racine. The SHANNON went down instantly. All hands, excepting a seven-year son of Mr. Graham, were saved. Loss $22,000; insurance $12,000
      Cleveland Herald
      August 4, 1877

Media Type
Text
Newspaper
Item Type
Clippings
Notes
Reason: collision
Remarks: Repaired
Date of Original
1877
Subject(s)
Favorite (Propeller)
Propellers
Local identifier
McN.W.18342
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Racine
    Wisconsin, United States
    Latitude: 42.72613 Longitude: -87.78285
Donor
William R. McNeil
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
https://www.MaritimeHistoryOfTheGreatLakes.ca/

The Maritime History of the Great Lakes site is managed by Walter Lewis

Click here to Contribute your own images to the collection.

Certain parts of the collection contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive, for example, language used to refer to racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Items in the collection, their content and their descriptions reflect the time period when they were created and the view of their creator.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy




My favourites lets you save items you like, tag them and group them into collections for your own personal use. Viewing "My favourites" will open in a new tab. Login here or start a My favourites account.

thumbnail








Favorite (Propeller), collision, 3 Aug 1877