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 Elizabeth OTHER NAME(s): ? OFFICIAL NO: - DATE OF LOSS: 11 October 1867 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, six miles off Vermillion RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: ? OWNER(S): ? MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 187 tons DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 6 SURVIVORS: 1 Bound from Detroit to Buffalo with lumber when struck by a squall and went down, head on. The only survive was the mate who latched onto a plank and was washed ashore. ======================================================================== Sources: Marine disaster list - 1867 Toledo Blade, 15-16 October 1867 Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes" - 1899, p. 707 Not on 1864 vessel list Last updated 11 August 2014