Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Melvina (Schooner), overboard, 2 Nov 1869

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DROWNED. -- The Chicago Tribune of the 9th inst., has the following: "While the schooner MELVINA, of Chicago, R. H. Brown, master, was passing through the Straits of Mackinaw on the 2d inst., a seaman, in hauling aft sheets, about midnight, slipped off the cabin, fell overboard and was drowned. He leaves a wife in Buffalo.
      Toledo Blade
      November 12, 1869

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Newspaper
Item Type
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Reason: overboard
Lives: 1
Date of Original
1869
Subject(s)
Schooners
Melvina (Schooner)
Local identifier
McN.W.21278
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
Donor
William R. McNeil
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Melvina (Schooner), overboard, 2 Nov 1869