Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: E. Fitzgerald OTHER NAME(s): sometimes seen as Edmond Fitzgerald & Edward Fitzgerald Only "E. Fitzgerald" appears in Merchant Vessel Lists OFFICIAL NO: 8790 DATE OF LOSS: 14 November 1883 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, Long Point south of Port Rowan RIG TYPE: Schooner, two mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Fitzgerald & Leighton, Port Huron - 1870 OWNER(S): John Haley, of Buffalo MASTER: Capt. Daniel Langan, of Wolfe Island TONNAGE: 297.84 gt DIMENSIONS: 134.8 x 25.9 x 11.1 CASUALTIES: 6 [all] Left Detroit on the 12th loaded with wheat for Buffalo and was driven ashore on Long Point in a severe gale. Her crew immediately took to the yawl rather than climb into the rigging to await help. All were lost when the yawl capsized. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1874, 1878, 1881 R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Vol. I Jenks, W. L "St. Clair County Michigan, Its History & People" Chicago Tribune, 17 November 1883 Buffalo Evening News, 22 November 1883