Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Bob Anderson OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 2040 DATE OF LOSS: 29 July 1899 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Superior, Good Harbor bay RIG TYPE: Tug / towboat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland - 1862 OWNER(S): Inman Tug Line MASTER: Capt. Alonzo A. Cox TONNAGE: 117 gt DIMENSIONS: 100.4 x 19.3 x 11.1 CASUALTIES: None Burned to the water's edge by a fire of unknown origin. Was pushed up on the beach near Grand Marais the next day by the tug MYSTIC. Her wreckage was blown up by the Butler Ryan Co., on July 20, 1901. ======================================================================== Sources: Beeson's Marine Directory of the Northwest Lakes - 1900 Merchant Vessel List - 1898 Cook County Herald (Grand Marais, MN) - 5 August 1899 Cook County Herald (Grand Marais, MN) - 29 March 1902 Obituary of Alonzo A. Cox - 1900