Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository 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: Sevona OTHER NAME(S): Christened as EMILY P. WEED - renamed in 1897 OFFICIAL NO: 136129 DATE OF LOSS: 2 September 1905 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Superior, Sand Island reef RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, MI - 1890 OWNER(S): McBrier Fleet MASTER: Capt. Donald Southerland McDonald TONNAGE: 2,362 gt, 1,899 nt DIMENSIONS: 300 x 41 x 21.2 CASUALTIES: 7 SEVONA was bound from Allouez to Erie with ore when she ran into the teeth of a northwester. Making no headway against the heavy sea Capt. McDonald turned her about and ran for shelter. The lookout failed to see the Raspberry Island light and, by the time time the Sand Island light was spotted, it was too late. The furious gale swept the big freighter on the reef with a large hole torn in her bow. Within half an hour the relentless pounding of the waves had broken the SEVONA in two. This was the same storm that took down the OLIVE JEANNETTE and the big barge PRETORIA. Among the dead: Otto Wellet, wheelsman, Cleveland L. Darwin, mate, Cleveland Nels Seiverson, 2nd mate, Buffalo Donald S. McDonald, captain, In 1905, at Buffalo, an additional 72 feet was built into her hull amidships by cutting her in half. Tonnage was increased to 2,258. Had the first electric searchlight installed on a Great Lakes ship. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1904 Buffalo Evening News - 5 September 1905 Detroit Free Press - 5 & 7 September 1905 Saginaw Courier-Herald, 27 July 1900 Detroit Free Press - 27 July 1900 Green Bay Press Gazette - 5 September 1905 Buffalo Evening News - 5 September 1905