Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: Manistee OTHER NAME(s): Lora (1897), Alice Stafford (1905) OFFICIAL NO: 140537 DATE OF LOSS: 28 June 1914* CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Ferrysburg, MI RIG TYPE: Propeller, freight & passengers HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: J. H. Randall, Benton Harbor, MI - 1882 OWNER(S): owned at Chicago MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 843 gt DIMENSIONS: 202 x 32 x 21.9 CASUALTIES: none Burned at her dock at Ferrysburg, MI As LORA, rebuilt and lengthened by Milwaukee Dry Dock in 1897. Name changed to ALICE STAFFORD. 6 April 1905 - Purchased by J. O. Nessen, of Manistee, at Marshall's sale at the closing out of the Barry-Muskegon line. Name changed to MANISTEE. *Sometimes seen in error as January 28, 1914. During that week the MANISTEE was at the Chicago Shipbuilding Co's yard for general repairs and not wintered at Ferrysburg, MI. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1913, 1914 (losses) Blue Book of American Shipping - 1903 St. Joseph Herald - numerous articles as "Lora" Buffalo Courier - 10 May 1905 Door County Advocate - 27 May 1905 Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 29 January 1914 Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 2 July 1914 Marine Record - 15 April 1897