Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 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: Russia OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 110063 DATE OF LOSS: 30 April 1909 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Point Detour, WI RIG TYPE: Propeller, HULL TYPE: Iron BUILDER: Gibson & Craig, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1872 OWNER(S): C. O. Duncan, Port Huron, MI MASTER: Capt. John McLean, of Port Huron TONNAGE: 1501.77 gt, 1334.57 nt DIMENSIONS: 231,58 x 35.58 x 13.35 CASUALTIES: none Bound for Duluth on her first trip of the season when her cargo shifted in a storm and she began to fill. Captain and crew of 22 took to the small boats and managed to ride it out. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List: 1909 (losses) Buffalo Evening Post - 21 Aug 1872 Buffalo Sunday Morning News - 2 May 1909 Racine Journal Times - 1 May 1909