MARY JANE (1862, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MARY JANE
Year of Build:
1862
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
St. Catharines, ONT
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Louis Shickluna
Original Owner and Location:
Murray & Tobin, St. Catharines
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
185'
Beam:
23.3'
Depth:
12'
Tonnage (old style):
397
Final Disposition
Final Location:
Long Point Cut near Port Rowan, ONT
Lake Erie
Date:
19 Nov 1881
How:
wrecked
Final Cargo:
telegraph poles
Notes:
Bound Point Hope, ONT for Erie, PA; she was driven ashore and wrecked in a storm; 7 lives lost.
History
Chronology:

1863 Ashore Long Point, Lake Erie; wheat laden.

1864 Stranded; later recovered.

1865 334 gross tons.

1866 Owned Lees & waters, Port Dover, ONT.

1866, Jun 19 Aground Sandwich, Detroit River.

1869, Aug 15 Sunk Crossover Island, St. Lawrence River; raised, corn laden, bound Chicago, IL for Prescott, ONT.

1871 345 gross tons.

1873 Repaired.

1876 Owned D. Henderson, St. Catharines, ONT.

1878 Owned D. Flanigan, St. Catharines.

1880 Towed by ARAXES with BROWN and NORRIS.

1881 Owned Captain Flanagan et al, Toronto, ONT.

1881, Nov 19 Wrecked, Lake Erie.

1881, Nov 19 Ashore, Lake Erie.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
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