Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Sophia Bonner OTHER NAME(s): somes seen as Sophie Bonner OFFICIAL NO: 115402 DATE OF LOSS: 28 September 1888 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 18 mi. NE of Milwaukee RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at St. James, Beaver island - 1875 OWNER(S): John Watt & John Rooney, Ludington MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 36.98 gt DIMENSIONS: 65 x 18.5 x 6 CASUALTIES: 0 Casized and sunk in a gale. No loss of life mentioned. Had recently been purchased at a Marshall's sale. May 12, 1888 - badly water-logged in mid-lake. Assisted by White River lifesaving crew. Bound Ludington to Milwaukee with slabs. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884, 1886, 1888 Merchant Vessel List - 1877, 1878, 1886, 1887 Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1889 Wisconsin's Underwater Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 1 - March 2010