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Marine Disasters Of 1871
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[Total number of disasters, 1860-71]

Schooner Anna Maria, sprung aleak off Ashtabula, and jettisoned deckload of ore.

Brig Starlight damaged by collision with propeller Cuyahoga on Lake Superior.

Propeller City of Concord collided with the schooner Sweepstakes at Chicago; damage slight.

Tug Goodenow, broke her shaft at Bar Point; towed to Detroit.

Tug Sweepstakes, machinery disabled; repaired at Detroit.

Propeller Messenger, run on an anchor at Milwaukee and damaged.

Schooner Exchange, grounded in St. Clair River and detained several days.

Propeller City of Concord, machinery disabled; repaired at Milwaukee.

Propeller Oneida, ashore at Peche Island; lightered off.

Bark Monitor, collided with schooner King Sisters in Sault River; both damaged.

Schooner Tailor, lost an anchor and chain on St. Clair River.

Tugs Brockway and John Martin collided at Point au Pellee; both damaged.

Schooner Queen of the North, damaged by a gale on Lake Huron.

Schooner H. S. Walbridge, ashore at Point au Pellee; lightered.

Schooner S. F. Gale, cargo coal, sprung aleak on Lake Michigan.

Steamer G. W. Reynolds, machinery disable near entrance of Saginaw River.

Scow Two Brothers, run into Port Huron dock and sunk; raised.

Tug M. I. Mills, broke her shaft in Detroit River; towed to port.

Barks P. C. Sherman and St. Lawrence collided at Chicago while towing.

Scow Sweeper, sprung aleak and ashore at Muskegon; released.

Barges McDonald and Lind broke loose from a tug on Lake Michigan; found.

Propeller Seymour, sprung aleak in a gale on Lake Michigan.

Brig Sea Gull lost most of her sails in a gale on Lake Erie.

Schooner M. L. Collins, damaged in sails in a gale on Lake Erie.

Schooner J. R. Pelton, sprung aleak en route to Toledo.

Propeller S. D. Caldwell, run into Walker's bridge at Milwaukee.

Schooner James Couch, lost a lee-board in Lake Erie.

Schooner Miami, lost bowsprit by vessel drifting on her in River St. Clair.

Steamer Milton D. Ward and ferry Hope collide at Detroit; damage slight.

Barge A. L. Porter, jettisoned 75 tons of ore during a storm on Lake Superior.

Schooner Mary Grover, ashore at Gallop Rapids, St. Lawrence River; released.

Schooner S. H. Lathrop, arrives at Detroit minus her jibboom.

Scow Harmonia, damaged by a steam barge at Detroit.

Propeller barge Edith and barge W. Treat collide at Bay City; latter damaged.

Propeller barge S. C. Baldwin, sprung aleak and jettisoned 75 tons of pig iron on Lake Michigan.

Bark E. Jones, bound down, passes Detroit minus her maintopmast.

Scow Skylark, ashore at Point au Pellee; released.

Schooner Scotland, cargo lumber, ashore on North Harbor Reef, Lake Erie, released.

Scow H. D. Root, struck a rock and sprung aleak on Lake Erie.

Tug Clematis damaged her windlass at Port Huron.

Schooner Pamlico, sprung aleak on Lake Huron.

Schooner Traveler passes Detroit minus her foretopmast.

Schooner J. Bigler, mainmast damaged by lightning on Lake Erie.

Propeller J. A. Scott and schooner Mary Collins collide at Chicago; former's cabin damaged.

Barge Louisa Ann, lost deck load lumber in Lake Michigan.

A large raft broke up at St. Clair Flats; recovered.

Bark Northwest and schooner Fame collide in the Straits; both damaged.

Propeller Benton, arrives at Detroit with broken crank.

Propeller Atlantic, on rock in Sault River; released by U. S. steamer Michigan.

Propeller R. G. Coburn, rudder disabled; repaired at Port Huron.

Bark Naiad and schooner Portland collide at Chicago; former lost foremast.

Schooner Wedgin lost three small boats while lowering them on Lake Huron.

Steamer Reindeer, struck a pile at Toledo and damaged hull.

Bark D. M. Foster, sprung a leak while loading grain at Toledo; towed to Detroit.

Schooners Mary Taylor and Elvina collide in Welland Canal; former lost foremast, jibboom and bowsprit.

Scow Industry, jettisoned deck-load of walnut in a gale on Lake Erie.

 


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