Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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: Mary Jarecki OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 90271 DATE OF LOSS: 4 July 1883 REASON: Fog LOCATION: Lake Superior, Au Sable Point RIG TYPE: Propeller / Steam-barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Bailey Bros., Toledo - 1871 OWNER(S): John R. Barker, of Chicago MASTER: Captain Anthony Everett TONNAGE: 502.3 gt DIMENSIONS: 179.6 x 32.7 x 13.2 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated Rebuild at Erie, PA., in 1879 increased her gross tonnage to 645.65. Extensive repairs at Chicago in 1883. Loaded with iron-ore from Marquette when she wandered off course in a dense fog and ran ashore west of Au Sable Point. Salvage attempts went on for several weeks before the insurance company gave up. Wreckers recovered much of her machinery and cargo before a fall storm destroyed her. ======================================================================== Sources: History of Erie County, Pennsylvania - 1882, pp. 281 Merchant Vessel List - 1874, 1882 Marine Record, 3 March 1883, pp. 2 R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1884 Swayze "SHIPWRECK!" - 1992 Last updated 12 December 2014