This is a list of shipwrecks during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
| Ships foundered | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Gross tons | Length (ft) | Beam (ft) | Built | Cargo | Approximate location | Damage ($) | Deaths |
| Lake Superior | ||||||||
| Leafield | 1,454 | 269 | 35 | 1892 | steel rails | Angus Island | 100,000 | 18 |
| Henry B. Smith[1] | 6,631 | 525 | 55 | 1906 | iron ore | Marquette, Michigan | 350,000 | 25 |
| Lake Michigan | ||||||||
| Plymouth (Barge) | 776 | 225 | 35 | 1854 | lumber | Gull Island | 5,000 | 7 |
| Lake Huron | ||||||||
| Argus | 4,707 | 436 | 50 | 1903 | coal | Point aux Barques, Michigan | 136,000 | 28 |
| James Carruthers | 7,862 | 550 | 58 | 1913 | grain | Goderich, Ontario | 410,000 | 22 |
| Hydrus | 4,700 | 416 | 50 | 1903 | iron ore | Goderich, Ontario[citation needed] | 136,000[citation needed] | 27[1] |
| SS John A. McGean[1] | 5,100 | 452 | 52 | 1908 | coal | Sturgeon Point, Michigan | 240,000 | 22[1] |
| Charles S. Price | 6,322 | 524 | 54 | 1910 | coal | Port Huron, Michigan | 340,000 | 28 |
| Regina | 1,956 | 249 | 42.5 | 1907 | steel pipe, package freight | Harbor Beach, Michigan | 125,000 | 20 |
| Isaac M. Scott | 6,372 | 524 | 54 | 1909 | coal | Sturgeon Point, Michigan | 340,000 | 28 |
| Wexford | 2,104 | 250 | 40 | 1883 | steel rails | 8.6 miles NNE of Grand Bend, Ontario | 125,000 | (actual number uncertain) 17 to 24 victims reported |
| Lake Erie | ||||||||
| United States lightship LV-82 Buffalo | 180 | 105 | 21 | 1912 | none | Point Abino, Ontario, Canada | 25,000 | 6 {Lightship salvaged} |
| Ships stranded | ||||||||
| Ship | Gross Tons | Length (ft) | Beam (ft) | Built | Cargo | Approx Location | Damage ($) | Notes |
| Lake Superior | ||||||||
| Fred G. Hartwell | 6,223 | 504 | 58 | 1908 | unknown | Point Iroquois, Michigan | 30,000 | rebuilt |
| Huronic | 3,330 | 321 | 43 | 1902 | passengers | Whitefish Point, Michigan | 30,000 | |
| J.T. Hutchinson | 3,734 | 346 | 48 | 1901 | unknown | Point Iroquois, Michigan | 40,000 | |
| Major | 1,864 | 303 | 41 | 1889 | unknown | Crisp Point, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt |
| William Nottingham | 4,234 | 377 | 50 | 1902 | wheat | Whitefish Bay, Michigan | 75,000 | 3 men lost |
| Scottish Hero | 2,202 | 297 | 40 | 1895 | unknown | unknown | 500 | |
| Turret Chief | 1,881 | 273 | 44 | 1896 | unknown | Copper Harbor, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt 1914 as Salvor |
| L.C. Waldo | 4,466 | 472 | 48 | 1896 | iron ore | Gull Rock, Michigan | unknown | rebuilt 1916 as Riverton |
| St. Marys River | ||||||||
| Meaford | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 500 | ||
| Lake Michigan | ||||||||
| Halsted (Barge) | 497 | 191 | 32 | 1873 | lumber | Washington Harbor, | unknown | |
| Louisiana | 1,753 | 287 | 39 | 1887 | empty | Washington Harbor, | burned to waterline | |
| Pontiac | 2,298 | 300 | 40 | 1889 | unknown | Simmon's Reef | 7,500 | |
| Lake Huron | ||||||||
| Acadian | 2,305 | 246.5 | 43 | 1908 | unknown | Thunder Bay, Michigan | 30,000 | |
| Lightship # 61 aka "Corsica Shoals" | 160 | 87'2" | 21'6" | 1893 | none | Forced from Corsica Shoals to Point Edward Canada-reportedly contributed to loss of "Matthew Andrews" {See article United States lightship Huron (LV-103)} | refloated | |
| Matthew Andrews | 7,014 | 532 | 56 | 1907 | unknown | Corsica Shoal | 2,500 | refloated |
| Howard M. Hanna Jr. | 5,667 | 500 | 54 | 1908 | coal | Port Austin, Michigan | rebuilt 1916 | |
| Henry A. Hawgood | 6,839 | 552 | 56 | 1906 | unknown | Weis Beach | 7,000 | refloated |
| J.M. Jenks | 4,644 | 414 | 50 | 1902 | unknown | Georgian Bay | 25,000 | |
| Matoa | 2,311 | 310 | 40 | 1890 | coal | Point aux Barques, Michigan | 117,000 | 0 |
| D.O. Mills | 6,598 | 532 | 58 | 1907 | unknown | Harbor Beach, Michigan | 45,000 | refloated |
| Northern Queen | 2,476 | 300 | 41 | 1889 | unknown | Kettle Point 44, Ontario | 25,000 | |
| A.E. Stewart | 3,943 | 356 | 50 | 1902 | unknown | Thunder Bay, Michigan | 30,000 | refloated |
| St. Clair & Detroit Rivers | ||||||||
| W.G. Pollock | 4,872 | 420 | 52 | 1906 | unknown | St. Clair Flats | 5,000 | |
| Saxona | 4,716 | 418 | 50 | 1903 | unknown | Lake St. Clair | 1,500 | |
| Victory | 4,527 | 450 | 48 | 1895 | unknown | Livingston Channel | 12,000 | |
| Lake Erie | ||||||||
| Donaldson (Barge) | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cleveland, Ohio | 800 | |
| C.W. Elphicke 1 | 2,058 | 273 | 42 | 1889 | flax | Long Point, Ontario | unknown | |
| Fulton | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Bar Point | 2,500 | |
| G.J. Grammer | 4,471 | 418 | 48 | 1902 | unknown | Lorain, Ohio | 1,500 | refloated |
| Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Barges |
unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cleveland, Ohio | 100,000 | unmanned |
| 1. The steamer C.W. Elphicke reportedly struck a submerged obstruction on Lake Erie, off Long Point, on October 21, 1913, during a gale; it was beached just above the Long Point Lighthouse 21⁄2 hours later. Before it could be salvaged, the November gale hit and it became a total loss. No lives lost. It was on voyage from Fort William, Ontario, for Buffalo, NY, with cargo of flax. | ||||||||
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Transcription
Vessels gallery
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"Leafield" -
"Henry B Smith" -
"Argus" -
"Plymouth" -
"James Carruthers" -
"Hydrus" -
"John A McGean" -
"Charles S Price" -
"Charles S Price" wreckage -
"Regina" -
"Isaac M Scott" -
"Wexford" -
"Lightship LV-82" salvaged -
"Louisiana" -
"L.C. Waldo" Aground -
"Howard M Hanna Jr" aground -
"Northern Queen" -
"Turret Chief"
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Ellison, Garret (November 9, 2015). "Wreck of the Hydrus, lost in 1913 storm, discovered in Lake Huron". The Grand Rapids Press. Mlive Media Group. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- Brown, David G. (2002). White Hurricane. International Marine / McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138037-X.
- "Great Lakes Vessel Wrecks". Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Retrieved February 11, 2005.
- "The Great Storm of 1913: Vessels Totally Destroyed" (PDF). Newsletter, Winter 2003, Save Ontario Shipwrecks, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2005. Retrieved February 2, 2005.
- "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Historical Collections of the Great Lakes. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved February 16, 2005.
- Vogel, Michael N. and Paul F. Redding, Maritime Buffalo, Buffalo History, Lightship LV 82.
External links
- University of Detroit Mercy S.J. Marine Historical Collection
- Great Lakes Shipwrecks S
- Tales of sea and riverside, Great Storm of 1913 (pictures of all the ships lost.)
This page was last edited on 19 June 2022, at 02:52