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: George B. Sloan OTHER NAME(s): (sometimes seen as George B. Sloane) OFFICIAL NO: 85288 DATE OF LOSS: 29 October 1885 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Oswego, N.Y. RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 mast HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: A. Miller, Oswego, 1873 OWNER(S): Martin & Co., Oswego MASTER: Capt. John McDowell TONNAGE: 313 gt LENGTH: 137 ft BEAM: 25 ft DEPTH: 10 ft CASUALTIES: 1 (Eliza Tackley or Tackaberry, cook) SURVIVORS: 6 Bound from Ogdensburg to Oswego, flying light, when she was flung upon the new breakwater at Oswego while attempting to make harbor during a severe storm and went to pieces. The crew made the dangerous leap to the breakwater except for the cook, who returned to her cabin for her satchels. ======================================================================== Sources: Finn, "Old Shipping Days At Oswego", p. 189 O'Conner, "Heroes of the Storm", p. 251-255 Oswego Daily Times, 22 September 1873 Great Lakes Vessel Index, Bowling Green, OH