Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2014 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/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Vesta OTHER NAME(s): built as Mary Copley renamed (1887 after large repairs) Madeline T. Downing OFFICIAL NO: C100304 DATE OF LOSS: 17 October 1905 REASON: Fire LOCATION: Lake Michigan, Manitou Island RIG TYPE: Schr-barge HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: at Chaumont, N.Y., - 1873 OWNER(S): W. J. Pulling, Ontario, Can. MASTER: ? TONNAGE: 274 gt DIMENSIONS: 135 x 26 x 11 CASUALTIES: - SURVIVORS: - 11 Oct. 1875 - Damaged by striking a wreck at Bar Point 17 Aug. 1878 - Collision with schooner SAMUEL L. MATHERS off Fox Island, Lake Michigan. Crew rescued by the badly damaged COPLEY. Sold Canadian abt. 1901 Oct. 1905 - Caught fire and burned to a total loss while sheltering at St. Michael's Bay, Manitou Island ======================================================================== Sources: Greenwood "NAMESAKES, 1900 - 1909", 1987 Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer - 1875, 1878 Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes" - 1899 Buffalo Evening News, 19 October 1905 Merchant Vessel List - 1889, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 Congessional Edition, Vol. 3953, 1899 - p. 122 Last updated 17 August 2014