Mocking Bird (Tug), fire, 12 Jul 1890
- Full Text
The tug MOCKING BIRD, lying at her dock at Cheboygan, was discovered to be on fire at 2 o'clock this morning, and before the crew, who were asleep, could realize the situation, the boat was wrapped in flames and was drifting down the stream, having burned her lines off. The crew escaped by jumping off and were picked up by the tug STROHN. The STROHN made a line fast to the floating boat and pulled her back to the dock, thus averting a terrible conflagration.
Port Huron Daily Times
Saturday, July 12, 1890
Tug MOCKINGBIRD caught fire at Cleveland Saturday and burned to the water's edge. Damage $10,000. Some of the crew jumped into the water to escape.
Buffalo Evening News
July 14, 1890
The Bay City Dry Dock Company is engaged in rebuilding the tug MOCKING BIRD, recently burned at Cheboygan and now owned by the Reid Towing and Wrecking Company
Marine Review
September 25, 1890- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: fire
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
- Date of Original
- 1890
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.22231
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.64696 Longitude: -84.47448
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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