Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 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: Charles F. Foster OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 125581 DATE OF LOSS: 9 December 1900 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, off Presque Isle RIG TYPE: Schooner-barge, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Milan, OH - 1876 OWNER(S): James Corrigan, Cleveland MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 997.84 gt DIMENSIONS: 227 x 36 x 15 CASUALTIES: 8 (all) SURVIVORS: 0 Bound Superior, WI., to Erie, PA., with iron ore in tow of the steamer IRON DUKE when the pair encountered a savage winter gale with blinding snow. When about 10 miles off Erie the FOSTER suddenly dove for the bottom with no warning, snapping her towline as she went. A mast thought to belong to the FOSTER was reported projecting 5 feet above the water 9 miles N 82° W true from Presque Isle Light Station and was considered a dangerous obstruction to vessels. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1885 Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes - 1899 Detroit Free Press, 11 December 1900 The Canada Gazette, 1901 - p. 136 Annual Report of the U.S.L.S. - 1902 Last updated 30 August 2015