Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2024 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: Milwaukee OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 17984 DATE OF LOSS: 8 July 1886 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: abt. 30 mi. off Muskegon, MI., Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Keating, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1868 OWNER(S): Lyman Gates Mason, Muskegon, MI MASTER: Capt. Armstrong TONNAGE: 419.11 gt DIMENSIONS: 135.42 x 26 x 10.75 CASUALTIES: 1 Rebuilt at Grand Haven, MI., 1883. Tonnage change 276.79 gt Cleared Chicago, light, for Muskegon on 8 July, 1886 to pick up another cargo of lumber. Sunk by collision with the steam barge HICKOX abt. 30 miles off Saugatuck, MI. Neither of the vessel captains slowed or gave proper signals and both lost their licenses for a period of time. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List: 1881 Chicago Tribune - 8 July 1886 The Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI - 16 July 1886