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: Ogemaw OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 155035 DATE OF LOSS: 3 December 1922 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: St. Clair Flats, off Herson Island RIG TYPE: Propeller, steambarge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Simon Langell, St. Clair, MI OWNER(S): Burns Bros., Detroit MASTER: Capt. George W. Manuel, Port Huron, MI TONNAGE: 625 gt DIMENSIONS: 167.7 x 30.2 x 13.1 CASUALTIES: None The OGEMAW was bound from Toledo to Marine City to go into winter quarters when fire was discovered near the engine room. Within minutes the entire aft section was ablaze. The crew took to the life boats after she was beached. At the time of her loss the OGEMAW was one of the last wooden boats left on the Great Lakes. ======================================================================== Sources: Port Huron Times-Herald - 4 December 1922 Merchant Vessel List - 1900, 1920 Cleveland Herald - 22 July 1881