The number of marine disasters on the Northern Lakes during the season of 1871, so far as known, was 1,167. Of this number, 225 were caused by collisions, 280 vessels went ashore 81 were burned, 26 capsized, 19 foundered, 182 sprung aleak, 65 waterlogged, 60 were dismasted, 110 lost deck-loads, and 10 exploded their boilers. There were also other disasters of a minor character, which are not included in the above enumeration unless serious damage to hull or outfit was sustained. The following is a list of the more important disasters:

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