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    VESSEL NAME:    John R. Noyes
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    75434
    DATE OF LOSS:   15 December 1902
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Ashore 
    LOCATION:       Lake Ontario
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner, tow barge
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        James Navash, Algonac, MI, - 1872
    OWNER(S):       Capt. Timothy Donovon, John Donovan (1st mate on HALL)
    MASTER:         Capt. George L. Donovan, Oswego, N.Y.
    TONNAGE:        315 gt, 299 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     136.3 x 26.2 x 11.4
    CASUALTIES:     none of 5
    
                    The JOHN R. NOYES, in tow of the steamer JOHN E.
                  HALL, were bound Charlotte to Deseronto loaded with
                  coal when storm set in. Newspaper reports say the
                  HALL had mechanical trouble and cut the tow line to
                  avoid an imminent collision. After two days of being
                  thrashed and bashed by the storm her distress signal
                  was seen and the crew of the Charlotte life-saving
                  station went to her rescue. Upon reaching the NOYES
                  they found her covered in ice with her cabin smashed
                  in and leaking fast. She had lost her sails, yawl 
                  boat, and both anchors. The NOYES was driven ashore
                  at Salmon Point and broken up, but all of her crew
                  were saved.
                    The Buffalo Courier on December 24, 1902, said:
                  "The story of the rescue is one of the most heroic
                  in the annals of the lakes." For their heroic efforts
                  Capt. Gray and Surfmen Chapman, Downing, Eastwood,
                  Eggleston, Henderson, Palmer, Rose and Seymour of
                  the life-saving station at Charlotte, N.Y., were
                  awarded the USLSS Gold Medals.
    
                    


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Sources: Obituary Capt. George L. Donovan - 15 October 1937
         USLSS Annual Report - 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1899
         Syracuse Post Standard - 18 December 1902