Maritime History of the Great Lakes

H. G. Williams (Scow), sunk, 8 Aug 1868

Description
Full Text

DISASTERS. -- The scow H. G. WILLIAMS, in entering Muskegon harbor, Saturday, struck the south pier with great force, and stove in her bows badly. She filled with water and sank in the channel between the piers.
      Chicago Tribune
      Tuesday, August 11, 1868

Media Type
Text
Newspaper
Item Type
Clippings
Notes
Reason: sunk
Lives: nil
Remarks: Raised
Date of Original
1868
Subject(s)
Scows
H. G. Williams (Scow)
Local identifier
McN.W.23235
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Muskegon
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 43.23418 Longitude: -86.24839
Donor
William R. McNeil
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
https://www.MaritimeHistoryOfTheGreatLakes.ca/

The Maritime History of the Great Lakes site is managed by Walter Lewis

Click here to Contribute your own images to the collection.

Certain parts of the collection contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive, for example, language used to refer to racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Items in the collection, their content and their descriptions reflect the time period when they were created and the view of their creator.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy




My favourites lets you save items you like, tag them and group them into collections for your own personal use. Viewing "My favourites" will open in a new tab. Login here or start a My favourites account.

thumbnail








H. G. Williams (Scow), sunk, 8 Aug 1868