Tonnage on the Lakes : Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Table of Contents

	Title Page
	[Introduction]
	Lake Erie
	Lake Michigan
	Lake Huron
	Lake Ontario
	Lake Champlain
	Vessels Now on the Stocks and to be in Commission in 1855.
	Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.
	[Buffalo Vessels]
	Marine Disasters and loss of Life and Property on the Lakes for the Year 1854

Steamboats

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	3	25,000	1	25,000	5	98,000	2	27,000	3	125,000	3	126,000	4	110,000
Stranded	9	47,000	5	21,000	8	13,400	5	36,700	5	14,700	7	51,000	2	110,000
Fire	1	20,000	-	-	5	105,000	3	35,600	2	22,000	3	156,000	2	119,000
Damaged &c.	2	9,000	10	25,000	5	23,500	13	110,200	9	18,600	19	54,700	24	77,200
Jettison	-	-	1	500	-	-	-	-	2	14,000	-	-	1	25,000
Collision	-	-	3	1,400	8	24,800	9	6,000	16	158,350	11	31,650	8	31,200
Derrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20,000	-	-
Total	15	101,000	20	72,900	31	265,700	32	215,500	37	352,650	43	419,350	41	463,400

Propellers

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	55,000	4	85,000	1	42,000	5	370,000
Stranded	1	12,000	1	5,000	4	2,500	6	32,800	5	6,900	7	28,900	-	-
Fire	1	20,000	1	5,000	1	10,300	-	-	3	57,500	-	-	2	130,000
Damaged &c.	1	1,600	-	-	1	800	5	5,000	11	38,000	10	24,500	30	63,100
Jettison	1	5,000	1	3,000	-	-	-	-	4	13,200	2	2,200	7	47,000
Collision	1	400	-	-	3	2,400	10	40,000	9	73,450	4	3,900	8	69,500
Derrick	-	-	1	100,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	5	39,000	4	113,000	9	16,000	23	133,200	36	274,050	24	101,500	52	679,600

Barques

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	2	18,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	22,000	2	19,500	3	56,000
Stranded	1	1,800	-	-	2	1,100	-	-	-	-	5	4,500	-	-
Fire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--	-	-	-	-	-
Damaged &c.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	150	5	4,600	12	37,000
Jettison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4,000	-	-	-	-
Collision	1	600	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	200	-	-	2	55,000
Total	4	20,400	-	-	2	1,100	-	-	5	25,350	12	28,600	17	148,400

Brigs

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	1	3,500	1	8,000	5	16,000	3	42,000	7	51,800	2	43,000	5	63,00
Stranded	14	14,850	7	6,900	8	17,300	22	30,000	13	25,600	10	15,300	-	-
Fire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damaged &c.	2	750	5	5,100	10	22,500	21	45,700	12	19,750	17	24,500	43	64,125
Jettison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6,000
Collision	2	35,800	5	4,900	4	13,100	7	16,200	6	3,350	2	2,500	6	51,000
Total	19	54,900	18	24,900	27	68,900	53	133,900	38	101,100	31	85,300	55	184,125

Schooners

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	19	104,800	9	46,900	15	73,000	29	89,000	21	109,300	22	111,700	41	382,626
Stranded	49	54,870	23	46,000	56	64,850	62	53,250	48	70,500	48	64,300	-	-
Fire	-	-	-	1,000	-	-	2	7,500	1	5,500	3	9,400	2	22,500
Damaged &c.	22	25,760	8	11,500	18	22,790	39	57,765	30	24,790	60	73,500	132	216,450
Jettison	-	-	3	5,350	-	-	3	2,700	2	1,150	4	7,200	20	30,270
Collision	-	-	5	13,000	7	30,500	15	34,500	18	24,950	13	21,200	9	49,150
Flood at Chicago	-	-	-	25,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	90	185,430	49	128,750	96	191,740	150	244,715	120	236,190	150	217,300	204	700,996

Scows

Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.

Manner of Loss	1848		1849		1850		1851		1852		1853		1854
	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss	No.	Loss
Wrecked & Sunk	1	1,700	-	-	-	-	2	1,700	-	-	1	1,200	2	6,000
Stranded	1	1,500	-	-	3	800	2	700	1	150	-	-	-	-
Fire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damaged &c.	1	900	2	1,700	2	200	2	800	3	576	2	1,100	11	3,800
Jettison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	500
Collision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	600
Total	3	4,100	2	1,700	5	1,000	6	3,200	4	726	3	2,300	15	10,900

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