Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2023 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: Frances Berriman OTHER NAME(s): OFFICIAL NO: 120067 DATE OF LOSS: 7 May 1877 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Huron, 20-25 mi SSE from Thunder Bay RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Humble & Parsons, Tonawanda, N.Y. - 1872 OWNER(S): Berriman Bros., Buffalo MASTER: Capt. Billy Norris TONNAGE: 609.08 gt DIMENSIONS: 183 x ? x ? CASUALTIES: 2 Downbound Milwaukee to Buffalo with wheat when involved in a near head on collision with the steam barge DAVID RUST and sunk within 15 minutes. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1877 Merchant Vessel List - 1874 National Board Lake Underwriters - 1874 Detroit Tribune - 10 May 1877