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: Satellite OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 22404 DATE OF LOSS: 21 June 1879 CAUSE OF LOSS: Uncertain LOCATION: Lake Superior, off Whitefish Point RIG TYPE: Tug, tow boat, propeller, steam screw HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland - 1864 OWNER(S): H, M, Strong estate, Detroit MASTER: Joshua B. Markee, Port Huron, MI TONNAGE: 209.42 DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: none Upbound for Duluth with 5 schooners in tow (Montgomery, Montcalm, Monticello, Mont Blanc and Reindeer) when the engines suddenly stopped and she began taking on water. In a dispatch to the owner Capt. Markee stated that there were no logs or anything else in Lake Superior the way they came. He speculated that the outer end of the stern pipe must have broken and let the wheel down on the shoe as the engine couldn't be worked either way. In 1874 her approx. valuation was $18,000. In 1879 she was valued at $9,000 with a rating of B 1 ======================================================================== Sources: Port Huron Daily Times - 24 June 1879 Detroit Post & Tribune - 24 & 26 June 1879 Merchant Vessle Lists - 1871, 1874 National Board of Lake Underwriters - 1874 Lake Hull Register - Assoc. of Lake Underwriters - 1879