Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== TWELVE WORST MARITIME DISASTERS IN GREAT LAKE HISTORY (based on number of casualties) ------------------------------- 11. Seabird: Burned Date: April 9, 1868 Location: Lake Michigan, off Waukegan, IL Casualties: 68 - 103* Type: side-wheel steamer - passenger Hull Type: Wooden Owner: Goodrich Line Master: Capt. John Morris Tonnage: 638 Three known survivors, all passengers; C. A. Chamberlain, Edwin Hanneberry (rescued by the schooner Cordelia) and James H. Leonard (climbed onto wreckage and washed ashore three miles north of Evanston, IL). Fire was caused by a porter throwing hot coals overboard into the wind which then blew back onto the boat. ======================================================================== Sources: "Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes" , Dana Thomas Bowen, 1952 "History of the Great Lakes" Vol 2., 1899 "Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes", Knut Gjerset, 1979