Idle Hour (Propeller), U100559, fire, 10 Dec 1901
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The excursion steamer IDLEHOUR, which for many seasons ran between Buffalo and Elmwood beach, was burned to the water's edge at Buffalo yesterday. The steamer RIVERSIDE which lay by the side of the IDLEHOUR, would also have burned had she not been cut adrift and carried by the wind beyond the reach of the flames. The IDLEHOUR was owned by W. J. Ziegele. She came out in 1893, had a keel length of 140 feet, with 23 feet beam and a 9 foot hold and measured 347 tons gross. The steamer is a total loss.
Marine Record
December 10, 1901
EXCURSION STEAMER BURNED.
The excursion steamer IDLEHOUR, which for many seasons ran between Buffalo and Elmwood Beach, was burned to the water's edge at Buffalo yesterday. The steamer RIVERSIDE, which lay by the side of the IDLEHOUR, would also have burned had she not been cut adrift and carried by the wind beyond the reach of the flames. The IDLEHOUR was owned by W.J. Ziegele. She came out in 1893, had a keel length of 140 feet, with 32 feet beam and 9 feet hold, and measured 347 tons gross. The steamer is a total loss.
Milwaukee Sentinel
December 11, 1901
December 10, 1901. -- Excursion steamer IDLE HOUR totally destroyed by fire at Buffalo.
Wrecks on the Great Lakes
Casualty List for 1901
Marine Record
January 11, 1902
Steam ship IDLE HOUR. U. S. No. 100559. Of 347 tons gross. Built Buffalo, N.Y.,1893 by Maxon.
Herman Runge Notes- Media Type
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- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: fire
Lives: nil
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1901
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.22882
- Language of Item
- English
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New York, United States
Latitude: 42.88645 Longitude: -78.87837
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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