Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Mary Jane OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: (Can) DATE OF LOSS: 14 November 1881 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm, driven ashore LOCATION: Lake Erie, off Dunkirk RIG TYPE: Barkentine HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: L. Shickluna, St. Catherines, Ont. - 1862 OWNER(S): Capt. Patrick Flanagan et al. MASTER: Capt. Patrick Flanagan TONNAGE: 345 rsg. ton. DIMENSIONS: 135 x 23.2 x 12.1 CASUALTIES: 7 - 9 (all) Was carrying telegraph poles from Port Colborne to Erie, PA., when she was driven ashore in a storm and broke up. Partial list of Crew: Patrick Flanagan, Capt. - Toronto Thomas Harrison, First Mate James Crokin, Sailor - Toronto Thomas Cardon, Sailor - Toronto James Smith, Sailor - Toronto "a colored cook" - Toronto ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Commercial - 23 November 1881 Cleveland Herald - 25 November 1881 Chicago Tribune - 24 November 1881 Fort Wayne Daily Gazette - 24 November 1881 Detroit Free Press - 26 November 1881 Buffalo Evening News - 30 November 1881 Vessels on the Registry Books of the DOC - 1878