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: Grace M. Filer OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen as GRACIE M. FILER OFFICIAL NO: (US)85312, (C ?) DATE OF LOSS: 1930 CAUSE OF LOSS: Abandoned LOCATION: Belleville, Ont. RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3-masted HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Wm. W. Bates & Co., Chicago - 1874 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: - TONNAGE: 237.07 gt DIMENSIONS: 128.75 x 27.42 x 9 CASUALTIES: none Dismantled and abandoned at Belleville, Ont., 1930. Hull dynamited in 1937. Sept, 1876 - Rescued crew of the sinking schooner, HARVEST HOME, on Lake Michigan. April, 1877 - Run into and damaged by the barge BRUNETTE at Chicago. Oct., 1883 - Ashore at Green Bay. Cargo, lumber. Sept., 1894 - Ashore 4 mi. s. of Grand Traverse light, Lake Michigan. 1904 - At Milwaukee, death of Capt. Charles Gunderson after taking 2 doses of what he believed was Epsom salts. Crew found to be drunk when officials from the coroner's office boarded the boat to investigate. Oct., 1922 - Aground in Belleville harbor, coal laden. Sold Canadian in 1913; Rebuilt 1914 ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1885 Oswego Daily Times, 11 September 1894 Oswego Daily Palladium - 13 October 1904 Finn, Leo "Old Shipping Days in Oswego" p. 203