NEWS BOY (1862, Barkentine)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
NEWS BOY
Year of Build:
1862
Official Number:
18086
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Saginaw, MI
Vessel Type:
Barkentine
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Builder Name:
Stephen R. Kirby
Original Owner and Location:
Hoyt & Bentley, East Saginaw, MI.
Power
Number of Masts:
3
Hull Dimensions
Length:
150'
Beam:
33'
Depth:
13'
Tonnage (old style):
557
Capacity:
22000 bushels
Final Disposition
Final Location:
South Fisherman's Shoal, Rock Island, WI.
Lake Michigan.
Date:
17 Nov 1891
How:
Wrecked.
Final Cargo:
Corn.
Notes:
Driven ashore in storm & wrecked; crew rescued by tug MONARCH.
History
Chronology:

1862, Nov 21 Collision with schooner WHITE CLOUD at Manitowoc, WI, Lake Michigan.

1862 Enrolled Detroit.

1865 Readmeasured 432.42 gross tons.

1866, May Collision with steamer MICHIGAN at Buffalo.

1867, Nov Aground Port Austin, MI, Lake Huron.

1868 Owned Buffalo, NY.

1871 Schooner; owned O. L. Nims, Buffalo.

1871, Apr Collision with schooner CITY OF PAINSVILLE at Chicago, Lake Michigan.

1871, Nov 18 Collided with & sank schooner E. B. ALLEN in fog off Thunder Bay Island, Lake Huron.

1874 Repaired.

1876 Owned Smith et al, Racine, WI.

1879 Owned Hurlbert, Racine.

1881, Apr Sold from Capt. E. D. Wilson estate to R. H. Trumbull, Waukegan, IL; lumber trade.

1884 Rebuilt, 152.2 x 31.2 x 12.6; 413 gross / 393 net tons?

1884, Aug Aground McGulpin Point, Lake Michigan.

Late 1880's Being towed as barge.

1886, Aug 23 Aground Presque Isle, Lake Huron.

1887, Oct 4 Dismasted, Lake Erie.

1891, Nov 17 Wrecked; owned Tremble & Patterson, Chicago, IL.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
Agency street/mail address:
211 N. First Ave.
Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
(989)356-6188
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