The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-13
TRAGEDIES ON
inland LAKES
LIVES OF HUNDREDS HAVE
PASSED OUT IN ACCIDENTS
ON GREAT LAKES IN LAST
HALF CENTURY.

Hundreds Of lives have been blot
ted out in tragedies attendins.,p2v-
igation on the great lakes in the
last half century. Scarcely a sea-
son passes when the sacrifice to COM
merce or pleasure on the inland seas
does not exceed 100 persons.
Some of the most startling casu-
alties are enumerated below in
partial list of vessels lost with heavy
toll of human life There has been
many others, while hundreds of men
have met death singly or collective
" in disasters where the loss of
life was less great
Fire Fatal TO 286.
Steamer G.. p. Griffin, burned OF
Cleveland. Lake Erie. July II, 1850;
2s6 lost.
steamer Atlantic, November, 1852.
collision with steamer ogdensburg,
off Long Point, Lake Erie; more
than 100 lost.
steamer Merchant, foundered Lake
Superior. 1857; all on board lost.
steamer Lady Elgin. September s,
1860. collision with schooner Au-
gusta off Evanston, Ill. Lake Mich
igan; 2S3 lost.
steamer Dacotah. sank off Stur-
geon point. Lake Erie, November,
1860: all on board lost.
steamer Pewabic, August 9, 1865.
collision with steamer Meteor off
Thunder Bay light, Lake Huron; 80
lost.
steamer II. C. Coburn. October Is,
1871. wrecked Lake Superior;
lost.
Schooner whitney. foundered Lake
Superior 1872; all on board lost
Schooner Mollison. foundered Lake
Superior. 1873: all on board lost.
Steamer wanbuna. foundered 1879
In Georgian bay; 30 lost.
Lake Michigan Is Tomb.
Steamer Alpena, foundered in Lake
Michigan October 16, 1880 76 lost.
Steamer Asia foundered Lake SUI
perior. 1882; more than 100 lost
Steamer Manistee, foundered In
Lake Superior. 1888; all on board lost
Steamer Sunbeam. foundered in
Lake Superior, August 2s, 1888; 80
lost.
Steamer Vernon, foundered In
Lake Michigan, October %. 1887; Al
lost.
Schooner Hume, foundered Lake
Michigan. May p, 1891; all on boar'
lost.
Schooner Atlanta, foundered Lake
Superior. 1891: all on board lost.
Schooner Nashua. foundered Lake
Huron, 1892: IA lost.
Steamer Western Reserve. foun-
dered Lake Superior. August 30, 1892;
IS lost.
Steamer f. II. Gncher. supposed
collision with schooner Ostrich, Lake
Michigan, 1892; all on board lost.
Twelve Die in Lake Erie.
Steamer Niagara, foundered off
Long Point. Lake Erie, December 5.
1899; - lost
Steamer Baltimore, foundered Of
Point sable, Lake Huron, May "a
1901: 10 lost
Steamer Hudson. foundered Lake
Superior, September 16, 1901. more
than "a lost.
Steamer Bannockburn. Lake SUI
perior, November 81, 1902. 20 lost.
Steamer sylvanus J. Macy, found
cred off Port Burwell, Lake Erie.
November %. 1902. IA lost.
Steamer c. b. Lockwood. found
cred. Lake Erie. 1892, 10 lost
Steamer Erie l. Hackley, Green
Bay. Lake Michigan, October 3, 1903
II lost
Steamer Kallyuga, foundercd OF
Pressure Isle. Lake Huron, october
49, 1905. II lost.
Steamer Ira II. owen, foundered
off Apostle islands. Lake Superior,
November 2s. 1905. 70 lost.
Superior Engulfs MANY
Steamer Sevona broke in two off
Apostle islands. Lake Superior, Sep
tember 1. 1905. lost.
Steamer Iosco, Lake Superior. Sep
TENDER 3. 1905. 10 lost.
Steamer Arcadia, wrecked of
Pentwater. Lake Michigan. April %
1907. u lost.
Steamer cyprus. foundered, Lake
Superior October II. 1907, % lost
Steamer D. NJ. Clemson Lake Su
perior. December. 1908. "a lost.
Carferry Marquette & Bessemer
No. 2. foundered Lake Erie Deem
Der Q. 1909. 80 lost.
Steamer Clarion. burned near
southeast shoal. Lake Erie, Deem
Der 6. 1909. IL lost
Steamer w. G. Richardson. san