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: Mary A. Gregory OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 90776 DATE OF LOSS: Spring, 1926 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Chicago RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2-masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: John Gregory, Chicago - 1875 OWNER(S): J. H. Woltman, Chicago MASTER: - TONNAGE: 87 gt, 83 nt DIMENSIONS: 84.6 x 23.8 x 6.6 CASUALTIES: 0 Abandoned in the North Branch of the Chicago River in 1924 after delivering her cargo of fruit. It was the last delivery ever made to Chicago under sail. In the spring of 1926 she was towed out into Lake Michigan, set on fire and allowed to sink. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1919, 1920, 1922 Chicago Historical Society Bulletin - October, 1925 Karamanski, Theodore J. "Schooner Passage" - 2000