Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2019 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: Noah P. Sprague OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 130038 DATE OF LOSS: 22 July 1884 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Lake Erie, off Point Au Pelee RIG TYPE: Propeller, tug, tow boat HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: F. W. Jones, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1857 OWNER(S): Smith, Cleveland, OH MASTER: Capt. John Bowen TONNAGE: 186.46 gt, 93.23 nt DIMENSIONS: 96 x 21.4 x 9.2 CASUALTIES: 0 Broke her shaft on Lake Huron with three schooner in tow. Was being towed in for repairs when she sprung a leak and sank. Abandoned as a total loss. October, 1857 - Collision with scow SWEEPER in Detroit River. November, 1857 - Exploded her boiler at Detroit killing 8 men. Raised. Wreck sold at Marshal's sale to Geo. H. Parker, Detroit, $425. August, 1866 - Burned at Buffalo. September, 1883 - Aground at Kelly's Island ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier, 7 September 1857 Buffalo Weekly Republic, 21 November 1857 Buffalo Daily Courier, 23 October 1858 Buffalo Daily Post, 18 August 1866 Marine Record, 13 September 1883 The Buffalo Commercial, 24 July 1884 The Marine Record, 24 & 31 July 1884 Chicago Tribune, 31 July 1884 Merchant Vessel List, 1885