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: Superior OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 115158 DATE OF LOSS: 29 August 1898 REASON: Storm LOCATION: Lake Michigan, N. point of Gull Island RIG TYPE: Propeller / Steam barge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Linn & Craig, Gibralter, MI. - 1873 OWNER(S): Bradley, Cleveland MASTER: Capt. Hiram Eldridge TONNAGE: 964.40 gt DIMENSIONS: 187.8 x 33.1 x 19.5 CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 14 Sprung a leak during a storm and was beached on the N. point of Gull Island where she became a total wreck. The fishing tug ELLEN GERTRUDE took the crew of 14 off Gull Island and transported them to the the Life-Saving Station at Beaver Island. ======================================================================== Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1900, pp. 205 Merchant Vessel List - 1894 Detroit Free Press, 29 May 1873 Last updated 4 January 2015