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: William Tell OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 26348 DATE OF LOSS: 20 August 1869 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, abt. 20 mi from St. Joseph RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: at New Baltimore, MI - 1861 OWNER(S): Capt. N. Robbins, Benton Harbor, MI MASTER: Capt. Hugh Keenan TONNAGE: 32,77 [om] DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 0 Newspaper accounts of the day state she was carrying 50 bbls of salt and 150 bbls of lime. The weather was fair at the time of the fire so her crew had no trouble reaching shore in safety. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869 St. Joseph Herald - 28 August 1869 Holland Sentinel, 17 April 2010 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes"