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: Thomas W. Palmer OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 145513 REASON: Collision DATE OF LOSS: 16 May 1905 LOCATION: Lake Superior; 40 miles off Copper Harbor, abt 30 miles past Manitou Island light. RIG TYPE: Propeller HULL TYPE: Composite BUILDER: Detroit Dry Dock, 1889 OWNER(S): William Livingstone, of Detroit MASTER: George V. Stilthen TONNAGE: 2,134 gt LENGTH: 281 ft BEAM: 41 ft DEPTH: 20 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: 19 April 28, 1891 - Grounded at the lower end of Lake George flats. Released next day. July 1893 - slight damage in collision with steamer RUSSIA. Bound from Ashland, WI., to Cleveland, OH., loaded with ore the THOMAS W. PALMER was struck hard on the port bow, and nearly cut in two, by the steamer HARVARD in a dense fog when about 40 miles off Copper Harbor, Lake Superior. Before the vessels separated the crew of the PALMER jumped aboard the HARVARD, wasting no time to gather any effects. As the HARVARD backed away water rushed to fill the gaping hole and the PALMER sank within 5 minutes. Not knowing how badly the HARVARD had been damaged the captain signaled the nearby G. WATSON FRENCH and transferred the crew of PALMER to her for safety. Upon investigation the pilot's license of Carleton D. Secord and the first class pilot's license of Benjamin Broderick, aboard the HARVARD, were each suspended for 60 days. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Enquirer, 31 July 1893 Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Detroit Free Press, 18 May 1905 Report of the Steamboat Inspection Service, 1906