Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 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: Tempest No. 2 OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 145105 DATE OF LOSS: 28 June 1909 CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire LOCATION: Parry Island, Parry Sound, Canada RIG TYPE: Prop HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Duncan Robertson, Grand Haven, MI - 1876 OWNER(S): Seymour Wells & Capt. E. J. Eber, Tonawanda, N.Y. MASTER: Capt. E. J. Eber, of Tonawanda, N.Y. TONNAGE: 369.56 gt, 260.15 nt DIMENSIONS: 137.75 x 27 x 11 CASUALTIES: none Burned at the dock at Marine City, MI., May 16, 1889, when water seeped through her deck to her lime cargo during a storm. Removed from documentation as "vessel lost." Rebuilt at Port Huron and re-enrolled the next year. Again, burned at the dock at Parry Island after un- loading coal. Fire broke out while repairs were being made to the boilers ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1909 (losses) Chicago Inter-Ocean - 6 Dec 1909 Buffalo Evening News - 2 July 1909 Detroit Free Press - 3 July 1909