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: Edward U. Demmer OTHER NAME(s): Admiral (1899-1913) J. K. Dimmick (1913-1920) OFFICIAL NO: 107523 DATE OF LOSS: 20 May 1923 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Huron, 40 miles off Thunder Bay RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Detroit Shipbuilding Co. OWNER(S): Milwaukee Western Coal Company MASTER: Capt. Joseph Burke, St. Clair, MI TONNAGE: 4,651 gt, 3,547 nt DIMENSIONS: 423.9 x 51.9 x 28 CASUALTIES: None of 27 Upbound to Milwaukee with 7,000 tons of coal when she was rammed by the ore carrier SATURN (later ALGOSOO) in a dense fog. The crew barely had time to get the life boats away before the DEMMER sunk. All were picked up by the freighters R. L. AGASSIZ and JAMES B. EADS. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Evening News, 21 May 1923 Merchant Vessel List - 1901, 1923 Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection