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: Metropolis OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 16414 DATE OF LOSS: 26 November 1886 CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded LOCATION: About 3 mi. s. of Old Mission, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Schooner, 2 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Peck & Masters, Cleveland, 1857 OWNER(S): Goit estate, Chicago MASTER: Capt. Corbett TONNAGE: 245 gt DIMENSIONS: 126.05 x 28.3 x 11.06 CASUALTIES: None mentioned Bound for Chicago loaded with iron and lumber when she went ashore in a blinding storm. Scuttled to prevent her going to pieces. Reported as a "total loss". I've found no mention of her wreck being sold, however, there was another schooner METROPOLIS reported as wrecked on Cana Island reef in 1893. Not in 1887 MVL. Extensive repairs in 1874-'75. ======================================================================== Sources: Detroit Free Press - 27 November 1886 Marine Record - 6 January 1887 Merchant Vessel Lists - 1869, '71, '74, '78,