Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: Philip Minch OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 150427 DATE OF LOSS: 20 November 1904 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Erie, eight miles east of Marblehead RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freighter HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: W. H. Radcliffe, Cleveland - 1888 OWNER(S): managed by Wm. Gerlach, Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Benson TONNAGE: 1,988 gt DIMENSIONS: 275 x 40 x 22 CASUALTIES: None The PHILIP MINCH was running light from Fairport to Sandusky to load coal when a fire started in the stern of the ship and spread rapidly. The crew fought the fire for two hours before taking to the yawls. They were after- ward picked up by the lifesavers from the Marblehead station and taken ashore. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1898 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Vol. II Detroit Free Press - 21 November 1904