Wakeup (Scow), U26242, aground, 3 Sep 1878
- Full Text
A dispatch from Port Hope dated the morning of the 4th says the scow WAKEUP is ashore and a total wreck. She was on her way down loaded with 85,000 feet of lumber, and a quantity of cedar posts and shingles.
Port Huron Daily Times
Friday, September 6, 1878
During a gale on Monday of last week the scow WAKEUP, laden with lumber, was driven ashore near Port Hope, and will prove a total loss. She is of little value, and is uninsured. The wreck has already been dismantled.
Chicago Inter Ocean
September 11, 1878
The scow WAKEUP has gone to pieces.
Port Huron Daily Times
Monday, September 9, 1878
Schooner WAKE-UP. U. S. No. 26242. Of 69.77 tons. Home port, Fairport, Ohio.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1871
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: lumber
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1878
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.23500
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 43.94084 Longitude: -82.71271
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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