Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 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: Huronton OTHER NAME(s): Huron (changed 1919) OFFICIAL NO: 141664 (can), 96425 (u.s) DATE OF LOSS: 11 October 1923 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Superior, abt. 20 mi. NW of Whitefish Point RIG TYPE: Steamer, HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH - 1898 OWNER(S): Mathews Steamship Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont. MASTER: Capt. Beatty TONNAGE: 2072 gross, 1242 reg. ( in 1919) DIMENSIONS: 238 x 42 x 22.33 CASUALTIES: 0 HURONTON was upbound light when she was run down in a heavy fog by the downbound steamer CETUS. HURONTON went to the bottom quickly. Her crew was saved by clambering onto the CLETUS. Sold Canadian in 1919. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Free Press - 12, 13 Oct 1923 Battle Creek Enquirer - 12 Oct. 1923 The Sheboygan Press - 12 Oct 1923 Green Bay Press-Gazette - 12 Oct. 1923 Merchant Vessel List - 1899