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: Citizen OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 4273 DATE OF LOSS: 20 April 1873 REASON: Freshet (flood) LOCATION: Fairport, OH - Lake Erie RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. Richards, Erie - 1836 OWNER(S): Capt. John Stewart, Detroit MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 116.27 gt DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: - Torn from her moorings by a freshet while laid up at Fairport, Ohio. Her hull was beaten by floating timbers and other refuse causing her to sink and break up. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1873 - p. 1036 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 18 June 1836 Merchant Vessel List, 1872