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    VESSEL NAME:    George Stone
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    86261
    DATE OF LOSS:   13 October, 1909
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Stranded & burned
    LOCATION:       Lake Erie, Grubb Reef
    RIG TYPE:       Stmr, bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, MI
    OWNER(S):       M. A. Bradley, Saginaw, MI
    MASTER:         Captain Paul Howell
    TONNAGE:        1841.22 gt, 1501.65 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     270 x 40 x 19
    CASUALTIES:     5-6 of 18
    
                    Bound from Ashtabula, OH., with coal for Racine, WI.,
                  when driven onto Grubbs Reef in a gale. Capt. Howell,
                  Peter Daley (passenger), and 4 of the crew were lost
                  when their small boat capsized as they attempted to
                  go to shore for help. Remainder of the crew taken off
                  by the steamer M. OSBORNE, of Cleveland.
                  
                    On the day of her launch, 17 June 1893, the steamer
                  refused to budge when the blocking was removed. The
                  tugs WITCH and GEO. R. HAND both had a try at pulling
                  on her without success. The passenger boat LORA was
                  pressed into service as she passed by the scene. The
                  line snapped on the first attempt. On the second at-
                  tempt the LORA'S tow post was pulled out and came
                  through her bulwarks as if shot out of a cannon. Her
                  launch was postponed until the following day.
                  
                  
                  
                  The Lost:
                  Captain Peter Howell, age 27, Erie, Pa.
                  Peter Daley, passenger & friend of the Capt., Erie, Pa
                  Wm. Henry, second engineer, South Chicago
                  _____, Lucas, cook, Cleveland
                  Wm. Boyer, oiler, Cleveland
                  (unknown), watchman


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Sources: The (Bay City) Sunday Times - 18 June, 1893
         The Bay City Times - 13 October, 1909
         The Bay City Tribune - 14 October, 1909
         The Muskegon Chronicle - 13 October, 1909
         Detroit Free Press - 14 October, 1909