John Wesley (Schooner), U75491, aground, 31 Oct 1892
- Full Text
Marquette, Nov. 1. -- The schooner JOHN WESLEY went ashore 25 miles east of here yesterday afternoon. The crew came ashore without loss of life. The schooner is on a rocky beach and is likely to stay there. She is owned by Captain A. P. Read of Chicago, valued at $6,000, and is fully insured. The WESLEY was bound from Chicago to Portage Entry for a cargo of stone. The stranded vessel is in three feet of water.
Buffalo Enquirer
Tuesday, November 1, 1892
The schr. JOHN WESLEY, ashore at Sucker Bay, will be stripped and abandoned.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
November 2, 1892 3-4
Schooner JOHN WESLEY. U. S. No. 75491. Of 302.28 tons gross; 287.17 tons net. Built Toledo, O., 1873. Home port, Oswego, N.Y. 135.3 x 26.0 x 11.7.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1886- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
- Date of Original
- 1892
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.22461
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.00011 Longitude: -76.98274
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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