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: Albert Miller OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 105930 DATE OF LOSS: 30 August 1882 REASON: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, northwest of Big Sable Point RIG TYPE: Propeller / steambarge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Bowers, Algonac - 1880 OWNER(S): M. Englemann MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 283.91 gt DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 17 Bound Manistee to Chicago with a cargo of laths when she caught fire. All 16 of her crew and one passenger were rescued the the life-savers from Big Point Sable station. Vessel scuttled to allow water into her but further attempts to stop the fire were unsuccessful. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report U.S.L.S.S. - 1883 Merchant Vessel List, 1882 Ludington Daily News, 29 August 1957 & 23 September 1976 Last updated 19 December 2014