Luther Wright (Schooner), aground, 13 Apr 1854
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Disaster on Lake Michigan. -- The violent Northwest storm accompanied with thick snow which prevailed on Friday, appears to have been felt with severity on Lake Huron. The mate of the steamboat PEARL informs us on Saturday that the schooner BUCKEYE, which composed one of a fleet that was upward bound, was compelled to return to Port Huron, by the violence of the gale, where her officers reported that the barque BADGER STATE, the schooner FORTUNE, the schooner LUTHER WRIGHT and the propeller FOREST QUEEN, had been driven ashore somewhere between Thunder Bay and Presque Isle. The LUTHER WRIGHT had lost one of her masts. The mate said there appears to be some doubts on the part of the captain of the BUCKEYE STATE, as to there all being ashore, some of them might have been only among the ice, and could not get out. -- Det. Adv.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Tuesday, April 18, 1854
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LOSS OF THE SCHOONER LUTHER WRIGHT. -- The Detroit Times learns that the schooner LUTHER WRIGHT was lost in Lake Huron last week, and that all hands on board perished. She had on board over two hundred tons of iron. The WRIGHT was owned in Chicago.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Wednesday, April 19, 1854
NOTE:-- the schooner LUTHER WRIGHT was lost in Dec. 1854 at Port Colborne, therefore the above was premature.- Media Type
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- Newspaper
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- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
- Date of Original
- 1854
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.20662
- Language of Item
- English
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.640833 Longitude: -81.768055
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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