Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Sagamore OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 57932 DATE OF LOSS: 29 July 1901 REASON: Collision LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Point Iroquois RIG TYPE: Barge, whaleback HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: American Barge Co., Superior, WI., 1892 OWNER(S): Huron Barge Co. MASTER: Ernest C. Joiner TONNAGE: 1,601 gt DIMENSIONS: 308 x 38 x 24 CASUALTIES: 2 (some sources say 3 but only two names given in Admiralty) SURVIVORS: - Downbound with ore from Duluth under tow of PATHFINDER. Had anchored above the entrance to St. Mary's river due to heavy fog when rammed by steamer NORTHERN QUEEN, bound up, under full speed. SAGAMORE sunk within minutes. Wreck located in 1962. Casualty list: Ernest C. Joiner, captain, Jefferson Co., N.Y. Ira Ives, steward ------------------------------------------------------------ Ernest C. Joiner was born Nov. 24, 1853 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Henderson, N.Y. Various written reports spell the surname JOINDER in error. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1895 Buffalo Enquirer, 23 July 1892 The Federal Reporter, Vol. 117 - 1902 Swayze "Shipwreck!" - 1992 Bourrie "Many A Midnight Ship" - 2005 Zoss "McDougall's Great Lakes Whalebacks" - 2007, p. 40 1880 & 1900 Federal Census - Henderson, Jefferson Co., N.Y. Photograph - Tombstone of Ernest C. Joiner Last updated 3 August 2014