Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Porter (Schooner), collision, 3 Sep 1897

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Amherstburg, Sept. 4 - The stm. FERN, which has been stationed with a light on the wreck of the sunken stm. GRAND TRAVERSE, off Colchester Light, was run into by the schr. PORTER last night and had her smokestack and cabin carried away, and her hull cut down to the water's edge. The FERN is now in drydock and the GRAND TRAVERSE wreck is without a light tonight.
      Buffalo Morning Express
      September 4, 1897 3-1

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Newspaper
Item Type
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Notes
Reason: collision
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
Date of Original
1897
Subject(s)
Schooners
Porter (Schooner)
Local identifier
McN.W.19187
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Colchester Reef
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 41.933333 Longitude: -82.893055
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Porter (Schooner), collision, 3 Sep 1897