Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, 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. =========================================================================== NAME: Emily OTHER NAME(s): - REASON: foundered in storm DATE: October 4, 1862 LOCATION: Georgian Bay TYPE: Schooner, 2 mast HULL TYPE: wooden BUILDER: George Ford, Goderich, 1850 OWNER: George Ford & Capt. David Hay MASTER: Capt. David Hay TONNAGE: 30 LENGTH: 50 ft BEAM: 12 ft DEPTH: 6 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: The Schooner Emily, of Owen Sound, was wrecked near Sandy Island, Georgian Bay, on the 4th inst. We take the captain's statement from the Owen Sound Times: -- He says - "We left Parry Sound for Collingwood on Friday the 3rd of October with a cargo of lumber and two span of horses. We got in the lee of Sandy Island that night and cast anchor, the wind blowing from the South-West. On Saturday, the wind was a perfect hurricane, and we were compelled to cast both anchors. The wind then shifted to the West. She rode all night until the wind shifted to the North West, when the cables parted. We tried to make sail, but the sails were no sooner hoisted than they were blown off the hanks. She drifted on to the rocks, within about a quarter of a mile off the Island. I then took off my coat, vest and such clothing that would impede my progress in swimming (the small boat being disabled and useless) and taking hold of one end of a line in my mouth, swam for the shore. The line I made fast to a tree, then swam back to the wreck, and brought another line ashore, by which means I got the crew, two loaves of bread and some blankets off the wreck. The horses swam ashore about 6 o'clock in the evening. We remained on the island all night, the rain falling and the wind blowing very hard. In the morning (Sunday) we went to see what had become of the wreck and found that her stern had been smashed in and otherwise so badly injured as to be completely useless. I then fastened the stern of the small boat together with a rope, and with the aid of the bread and some tar, managed to rig her and paddled her back to Parry Sound, a distance of fifteen miles, and got a boat, with the assistance of which we managed to save the horses, lumber and a part of the rigging." Toronto Globe, October 21, 1862 ======================================================================== Sources: Toronto Globe, October 21, 1862