Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US 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 U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Kate Lyons OTHER NAME(s): -- OFFICIAL NO: 14063 REASON: Storm DATE OF LOSS: 19 October 1905 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, at Holland, MI RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 mast HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: 1866 by Wm. Jones, at Black River, OH OWNER(S): Capt. Oscar Henderson MASTER: Capt. Oscar Henderson TONNAGE: 201 gt LENGTH: 122 BEAM: 26 DEPTH: 8 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 4 Bound St. Joseph to Manistee when caught in a storm. Tried to make Holland harbor but missed the entrance, going ashore 20 feet north of the north pier where she broke up. Crew rescued by Life-Savers. ======================================================================== SOURCES: Detroit Free Press, 22 December 1866 (new vessel) Buffalo Daily Courier, 25 September 1866 Merchant Vessel List; 1904, 1906 Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal, 19 October 1905 St. Joseph Daily Press, 20 October 1905