Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 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: Florida OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 120753 DATE OF LOSS: 20 May 1897 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Huron, between False Presque Isle & Middle Island RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Mills Dry Dock Co., Buffalo OWNER(S): Red Star Line, Buffalo - Chartered to Lackawanna Trans. MASTER: Capt. Henry Murphy TONNAGE: 2103 gt, 1834 nt DIMENSIONS: 270 x 40 x 15.4 CASUALTIES: None Bound from Chicago to Buffalo with 56,000 bushels of wheat and full upper load of package freight when she came in collision with the steel steamer GEORGE W. ROBY in a dense fog and went to the bottom quickly. Her crew were all taken aboard the ROBY. ======================================================================== Sources: Ludington Appeal - 27 May 1897 Buffalo Evening News - 21 May 1897 Merchant Vessel List - 1891