Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository 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: Pretoria OTHER NAME(S): - OFFICIAL NO: 150872 DATE OF LOSS: 2 September 1905 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Superior, near Outer Island RIG TYPE: Schooner barge, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: James Davidson, West Bay City, MI - 1900 OWNER(S): Davidson Steamship Company, Capt. James Davidson MASTER: Capt. Charles Smart TONNAGE: 2,790 gt, 2,715 nt DIMENSIONS: 338.4 x 44 x 23 Casualties: 5 of 10 The PRETORIA was bound from Allouez to South Chicago with a cargo of iron ore in tow of the steamer VENEZUELA when they were caught up in a furious two day storm that swept over Lake Superior. The towline parted close to the steamer and the PRETORIA became unmanageable in the heavy seas and foundered. This was the same storm that took down the OLIVE JEANNETTE and the SEVONA. Lives Lost: Henry Schwab, West Bay City, MI Axel Lindloff, seaman, Marinette, WI Isaac Meyer, seaman, Milwaukee, WI Alfred Peterson, seaman, Sweden Frank Wales, colored, Chicago At the time of her launch the PRETORIA was the largest wooden boat ever built. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1904 Buffalo Evening News - 5 September 1905 Detroit Free Press - 5 September 1905 Saginaw Courier-Herald, 27 July 1900 Detroit Free Press - 27 July 1900 Green Bay Press Gazette - 5 September 1905