Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

         Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

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:   Omar D. Conger
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   155055
    DATE OF LOSS:  26 March 1922
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Explosion
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, Port Huron, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Steamer, passenger ferry
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       George Hardison, Port Huron - 1882
    OWNER(S):      Port Huron & Sarnia Ferry Company
    MASTER:        Capt. William P. Major (not aboard)
    TONNAGE:       199 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    92 x 26 x 11
    CASUALTIES:    4 (all)

                   Exploded while moored to the ferry dock at Port
                 Huron. The explosion occurred at 2:22 p.m. as she was
                 being readied for departure at 3:00 p.m. Capt. Major
                 was not aboard at the time. Her 25-ton boiler hurtled 300
                 feet, crashing through the roof of a home belonging
                 to William Smith at 307 Quay street.
                   The contract to raise the CONGER'S hull was awarded
                 to Reid Wrecking Company and, on 9 June, 1922, what
                 remained of the ferry was towed to the Reid dock to remove
                 anything of use. After that she was to be towed out into
                 deep water and sunk or else beached along the St. Clair
                 river.

                   Burned at her dock at Port Huron on 23 June 1901 while
                 being painted and repaired. Her cabins were burned off and
                 the hull scorched. Estimated damages $1,000.

                   Burned at the ferry dock in Port Huron on 19 August
                 1902. Her upper works were a total loss and her lower deck
                 was badly burned. Estimated damages $20,000.  No loss of
                 life.

                 The victims:
                 Ransome A. Campbell - engineer
                 Clifford D. Althouse - fireman
                 Kenneth K. Crandall - deckhand
                 Thomas Buckner - deckhand


 ========================================================================
Sources: Buffalo Express - 19 August 1902
         Port Huron Times-Herald - 3 March 1922
         Port Huron Times-Herald - 22 May 1922
         Port Huron Times-Herald - 9 June 1922
         Merchant Vessel List - 1899, 1900, 1903