Freight steamer, fireboat among another record number of Lake Michigan shipwreck discoveries
Between the shipwrecks and the discovery of mysterious sinkholes, it was a notable year for both Wisconsin and Lake Michigan.
The New York Times6y
Explosion of a Steam Boiler.; A TUG-BOAT BLOWN TO PIECES FIVE MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED.
In a few moments the cause was known. The boiler of the steam-tug A.S. Field, lying at the dock between Bates and Randolph streets, had exploded, and the boat was a total wreck. Thither the ...
The New York Times1mon
MASON AND SLIDELL GONE.; They are Taken on Board a Steamtug and Transferred to the British Gunboat Rinaldo at Provincetown.
The steam tugboat Starlight was employed by the ... After receiving their baggage, &c., the tug proceeded on her way to sea, leaving the fort about 11 o'clock. The whole affair was conducted ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel17d
Freight steamer, fireboat among another record number of Lake Michigan shipwreck discoveries
Muir schooner and the John Evenson steam tug both located off Kewaunee County last year as well. One discovery was a freight steamer hidden near Racine for more than 130 years as well as a ...