Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Tennie & Laura OTHER NAME(s): none OFFICIAL NO: 145115 REASON: Foundered DATE OF LOSS: 2 August 1903 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, about 10 miles NE of Milwaukee RIG TYPE: Scow-schooner, two masts HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Gunder Jorgenson, Manitowoc, WI 1876 OWNER(S): O. Osmondson & O. Bjorkgnist, Milwaukee, WI (1876-1885) R. Hansen, H. Hansen (1886-1887) Englebert Larsen, R. Hansen, Manitowoc (1887) Herman M. Ludwig, V.B. Ludwig, Ludington, MI (1892-1899) O. Ludwig, South Haven, MI (1899-1901) Capt. James Sather (1901-1903) MASTER: Capt. James Sather TONNAGE: 56 gt LENGTH: 73 ft BEAM: 19 ft DEPTH: 5.6 ft CASUALTIES: 1 SURVIVORS: 1 2 May 1884 - Collision with schooner LITTLE GEORGY on Lake Michigan. 2 Aug 1903 - Capsized during a summer squall about 10 miles NE of Milwaukee. Capt. Sather and mate, Charles Nordbach, took to yawl. Capt. Sather rescued by steamer MARK B. COVELL who had passed a line to the yawl. Mate Charles Nordbach was lost during the rescue when the yawl capsized and he was swept away by the waves. ======================================================================== Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1884; 1888 Merchant Vessel List, 1902 Buffalo Evening News, 3 August 1903 The Milwaukee Journal, 3 August 1903 Meteorological Charts of the Great Lakes, 1903, p. 9