Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 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: Two Fannies OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 24144 DATE OF LOSS: 10 August 1890 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, 14 miles off Cleveland RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts - built as a bark HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: George & Thomas Spear, Peshtigo, WI - 1862 OWNER(S): ? MASTER: Capt. Miller TONNAGE: 492 gt DIMENSIONS: 149.6 x 33.3 x 12.4 CASUALTIES: 0 of 7 Loaded with iron ore from Escanaba and bound for Cleveland in tow of the tug CRUSADER when she parted her line and sank during a northwest gale. Crew rescued by the steamer CITY OF DETROIT. 1869 - In collision with schooner C. G. Mixer on Lake Huron. 1871 - In collision with schooner MONTAUK near Sarnia. 1884 - In collision with steam barge TECUMSEH, Detroit river. ======================================================================== Sources: Door County Advocate, 7 June 1862 Buffalo Evening News, 12 August 1890 Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes" Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871