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    VESSEL NAME:     George L. Newman
    OTHER NAME(s):   -
    OFFICIAL NO:     10339 (100683)
    DATE OF LOSS:    8 October 1871
    CAUSE OF LOSS:   Aground
    LOCATION:        Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:        Schooner, 3 masted
    HULL TYPE:       Wood
    BUILDER:         Benjamin Flint, Black River, OH, 1855
    OWNER(S):        ?
    MASTER:          ?
    TONNAGE:         249.47
    DIMENSIONS:      122 x 26 x 10.90
    CASUALTIES:      none
    
                     
                     Loaded with lumber, the NEWMAN ran aground on the
                   southeast side of Green Island in heavy smoke caused 
                   by the great fire at Peshtigo, WI. and was abandoned.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871 (says schooner)
         Popular Mechanics - 8 May 2025
         Smithsonian Magazine - 18 December 2023
         Wisconsin Historical Society - "Barkentine"
         Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org - "Reg. # 100683"