Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Dawn OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: - REASON: Collision DATE OF LOSS: 21 Oct 1859 LOCATION: Lake Erie, abt. 12 miles above Port Stanley RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts, scroll head HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Lyon, Milan, OH., 1847 (Launched April 14th) OWNER(S): J.P. Clay (1847) F. Waldorf, Monroe Co., MI (1855) Gibson, Waldron & Sterling, Monroe, MI (at loss) MASTER: Capt. E. B. Gibson TONNAGE: 202 t LENGTH: 105 ft BEAM: 20.4 ft DEPTH: 8.11 ft CASUALTIES: ? SURVIVORS: ? May 1, 1851 - Possibly the same schooner DAWN that, caught in a squall, lost her main boom, large portion of rigging, galley & part of her deck load. Arrived at Buffalo water-logged. October, 1853 - Collision with schooner RAMBLER on Lake Erie. July 9, 1855 - Bound from Toledo to Buffalo was caught in a squall at Long Point. Severly damaged was taken in tow by the steamer GLOBE. Abandoned near shore where she sunk. Raised a week later and towed to Buffalo for repairs by the MICHIGAN. Bound up to Monroe, MI., on Friday, October 21st, was run into by the propeller NEW YORK. Struck just foreward of the cabin and cut down to the water's edge, sinking in about 10 minutes. The crew was taken aboard the NEW YORK to Dunkirk. Mansfield's History of the Great Lakes says 5 lives lost, but there is no mention of casualties in news articles. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier, 25 Oct 1859 History of the Great Lakes, edited by John Brandt Mansfield Buffalo Express, 19 April 1847