Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NAME: Baltimore OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: - REASON: Storm DATE: 18 Sept 1855 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, at Sheboygan, WI TYPE: Sidewheel steamer HULL TYPE: wooden BUILDER: Monroe, MI - 1847 OWNER: MASTER: Capt. J. A. Reed TONNAGE: 513.75 ton LENGTH: 174 ft BEAM: 26.4 ft DEPTH: 11.5 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: Ran into a violent gale on Lake Michigan while enroute from Chicago to the Lake Superior region with a cargo of general supplies. Attempted to make Sheboygan after suffering great damage, but struck bottom and was driven ashore near the Government pier where she was broken to pieces. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier, 31 July 1847 Buffalo Daily Republic, 11 January, 1856