MILLER, LAURA (1886, Schooner)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
MILLER, LAURA
Year of Build:
1886
Official Number:
140856
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Chicago, IL
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Number of Decks:
1
Power
Number of Masts:
2
Hull Dimensions
Length:
75'
Beam:
18.6'
Depth:
5.9'
Tonnage (gross):
55
Tonnage (net):
53
Final Disposition
Final Location:
3 miles northwest Toledo gas bouy.
Lake Erie.
Date:
1899
How:
Foundered.
Final Cargo:
120 tons coal.
Notes:
Bound Toledo, OH - Port Huron, MI with schooners MOTT & QUIMBLY in tow of tug HIGGIE, she began leaking & quickly sank. 1899, Oct 8 Documents surrendered.
History
Chronology:

1889 Stranded Glencoe, IL.

1894, Nov 2 Sank in storm off Grand Haven, MI.

1899, Oct Foundered Lake Erie; owned F.M. Potter, Harbor Beach, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Contact
Contact
Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Email:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
Website:
https://www.alpenalibrary.org

Agency street/mail address:
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Alpena, Michigan 49707
USA
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