Monday, November 3, 2014

Schooner Mineral State wrecked off Port Stanley

Dwight Boyer, Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes; Dodd, Mead & Co.
ALONG THE LAKES. - The schooner MINERAL STATE of Alpena Mi. went ashore at Port Stanley yesterday and was broken up. The sailors were rescued by a volunteer life-saving crew. 
      Buffalo Evening News 
      October 31, 1902 

A quick Google reveals the Mineral State ended up aground several times in different places over the years. This was her last time.




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