Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 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: Three Brothers OTHER NAME(s): May Durr, John Spry OFFICIAL NO: 91998 DATE OF LOSS: 27 September 1911 CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded LOCATION: South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan RIG TYPE: Propeller, steambarge HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Milwaukee Shipyard Co., 1888 OWNER(S): MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 583 gt DIMENSIONS: 162 x 31.4 x 11.8 CASUALTIES: None of 13 THREE BROTHERS was carrying lumber from Boyne City, MI., to Chicago when she sprung a serious leak in a gale and was intentionally run aground to prevent her sinking in deep water. ======================================================================== Sources: Michigan State University Center for Maritime and Underwater Management. Annul Report of the U.S.L.S.S. 1912 Merchant Vessel Lists - 1903, 1904, 1912 Cleveland Leader - 10 April 1888 Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 13 April 1901