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: Sarah Clow OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 22342 DATE OF LOSS: 17 November 1869 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Near Manistee (Turner's Pier) RIG TYPE: Scow Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: David Clow, Chamblers Isl. - 1862 OWNER(S): Edward Stretch MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 286 om DIMENSIONS: 110 x 27 x 10.4 CASUALTIES: none mentioned Was loading at Turner's Pier when the storm struck. She ran for the lake and dropped anchor to ride out the storm but ended up being driven ashore with her stern torn off. David Clow and his wife built her themselves on Chambers Island. Her construction took seven years. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1870 Door County Advocate, 11 June 1863 Chicago Tribune, 29 January 1869 Chicago Tribune, 18 May 1870 Detroit Free Press, 29 November 1869