Chandler J. Wells (Schooner), U4274, collision, 1 May 1873
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COLLISION. - A dispatch to Captain Perew yesterday stated that the schooner C.J. WELLS collided with the schooner HAVANA of Oswego during a dense fog, between Chicago and Milwaukee, and that the WELLS ran into Milwaukee for repairs, having lost her fore and topsail yards and a small anchor. Also had her bow stove in.
Concerning the HAVANA little is known beyond the fact that she lost her bowsprit, jibboom and head gear.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
May 24, 1873
Schooner CHANDLER J. WELLS. U. S. No. 4274. Of 549.29 tons gross; 521.83 tons net. Built Cleveland, O., 1866. Home port, Port Huron, Mich.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1884
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: collision
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
- Date of Original
- 1873
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.19771
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 43.68473 Longitude: -86.53036
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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