Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 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: Ira O. Smith OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 100200 DATE OF LOSS: 22 September 1898 REASON: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Tug HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Notter, Muskegon, MI., - 187? OWNER(S): ? MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 39.95 gt DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated Caught fire for the second time in about a month off Evanston, IL. The life-savers from the Old Chicago station went out in tow of a tug and, finding that the crew of the SMITH had escaped to the crib in their own boat, the tug turned fire hoses on the burning SMITH. After getting the flames under control they took in tow and started for the harbor but the SMITH began to leak and sunk as they passed the north breakwater. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1900 - pp. 99 Merchant Vessel List, 1884 (built 1875) R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1888 - pp. 116 (built 1876 Beeson's Inland Marine Guide - 1891, 1892 - (built 1877) Beeson's Marine Directory of the Western Lakes - 1898 San Francisco Call - 23 August 1898 Last updated 5 January 2015