Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 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: Pearl B. Campbell OTHER NAME(s): sometimes seen only as P. B. Campbell OFFICIAL NO: 150296 DATE OF LOSS: 7 December 1895 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Huron Island RIG TYPE: Propeller, tug, tow boat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. B. Martel, Saugatuck, MI - 1883 OWNER(S): out of Duluth MASTER: Capt. William McGilvey, TONNAGE: 22.22 gt, 11.11 nt DIMENSIONS: 55.2 x 15.8 x 6.9 CASUALTIES: 7 [All] The CAMPBELL was returning to Duluth from Marquette where, she had been engaged in wrecking operations on the stranded schooners MOONLIGHT and KENT, when she was struck by a furious northeast gale and sunk. Before leaving Marquette Capt. McGilvey was reported to have said that his tug could weather anything but an earth- quake. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1895 Buffalo Evening News, 10 December 1895 The L'Anse Sentinel, 14 December 1895