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: Pulaski OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 20455 DATE OF LOSS: 3 October 1887 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Leland RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: A. Muir, Port Huron - 1873 OWNER(S): Capt. Charles Hubbard et al., Toledo MASTER: Capt. P. J. La Voo TONNAGE: 349.25 gt DIMENSIONS: 136 x 26 x 11 CASUALTIES: none of 7 Bound from Sandusky to Manitowoc with coal when she was overcome by a furious gale. She headed into Good Harbor Bay and let go her anchors with all hands working at the pumps. One of her anchor chains parted and she went ashore where she became a total loss. Crew taken off by the life- saving crew from Manitou Island. ======================================================================== Sources: Chicago Tribune - 5 October 1887 Port Huron Daily Times - 8 October 1873 Oswego Palladium - 10 November 1873 Merchant Vessel List - 1874, 1878, 1881, Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1888