Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Alide J. Rogers OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen only as A. J. Rogers OFFICIAL NO: 1552 DATE OF LOSS: 8 October 1898 CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded LOCATION: Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Bailey Bros., Madison Dock, 1862 OWNER(S): Capt. Thomas M. Ryan MASTER: Capt. Frank Coulson TONNAGE: 340.08 gt DIMENSIONS: 137.5 x 26.1 x 12.5 CASUALTIES: None Ran on a reef near the lighthouse and stove a hole in her bottom. Driven off the reef by the wind but quickly went to pieces and to the bottom. Crew escaped to the lighthouse. Carrying pig iron. Rebuilt 1878, repairs 1887-'88 ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel Lists - 1869, '74, '78, '87, '91, '95, '96, '97 R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884 Beeson's Marine Directory - 1899 Detroit Free Press - 11 & 12 October 1898