Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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: Fern OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 120527 DATE OF LOSS: 29 June 1901 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Eagle River RIG TYPE: Wrecking tug HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Capt. Arthur Heminger, Algonac, 1882 OWNER(S): same MASTER: same TONNAGE: 48 gt LENGTH: 65 BEAM: 18 DEPTH: 6 CASUALTIES: 5 (all) SURVIVORS: 0 Foundered during a sudden storm while working on the wreck of the steamer Colorado. ======================================================================== Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901, p. 8 The Milwaukee Journal, 1 July 1901 Blue Book of American Shipping, 1897 Merchant Vessel List, 1900