Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Frank Canfield OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 120256 DATE OF LOSS: 11 April 1904 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, near Big Sable Point light RIG TYPE: Propeller, steam tug HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Rand & Burger, Manitowoc, WI. - 1875 OWNER(S): Canfield Tug Line MASTER: Capt. Henry J. Smith TONNAGE: 48 gt DIMENSIONS: 62 x 16 x 8 CASUALTIES: 3 of 5 Enroute from Manistee to Muskegon when caught in a blinding snowstorm. Rough seas snapped one of the steering chains and drove the tug aground. It was the CANFIELD's first trip of the season. Her compass had not been adjusted, the life-preservers were stored beneath other things in the hold, and she carried no anchor. Distress calls were blown on the whistle, but after a few blasts the whistle rope broke. Lifesavers from the Big Point Sable station rescued two of the crew, but the lake claimed three. Victims Henry J. Smith, Captain Charles Kopfer, Engineer Charles Grosman, Cook ======================================================================== Sources: Ludington Daily News, 27 July 2002 Ludington Record-Appeal, 14 April 1904 Swayze, David D. "SHIPWRECK!" - 1992 Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1905