Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 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: St. Clair OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 23109 DATE OF LOSS: 9 July 1876 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Superior, abt. 5 mi. off Fourteen Mile Point RIG TYPE: Propeller, freight and passengers HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at Algonac, 1867 OWNER(S): Ward Line MASTER: Capt. Robert Rhyness TONNAGE: 236 t. DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 26 Was carrying cattle, flour, feed &c. from Duluth to Houghton when a fire was discovered in her hold which spread throughout the vessel within minutes. Many of those who were not trapped below deck (deck hands slept in the foc'sle and the fireman aft of the engine room) piled into a metallic lifeboat which capsized several times, throwing all into the frigid waters of Lake Superior to perish. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1874 Isabella County Enterprise - 19 July 1876 Cleveland Herald - 11 & 17 July 1876