Steam screw laker, City of London. U. S. No. 126731. Wood construction, 300 feet long, 2,005 gross tons. Built 1891. Sunk by collision in Lake Erie, 1913
Lake Erie just wasn't big enough for the two of them.
That they salvaged the wheat is interesting. I wonder if it was consumed or if it was salvaged and dried simply to avoid 100,000 bu of wheat rotting on shore? I assume the latter.
$10,000 of insurance on a $25,000 vessel with a $90,000 cargo!
According to the Oct 16 Buffalo Commercial Advisor the government wanted the mess cleaned up due to the probable "stench and disease' of the polluted shoreline. And the value of the wheat was about 10% of original. they had to salvage as much as possible without enough insurance to cover costs. Newspaper articles of events like that are always interesting.
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Lake Erie just wasn't big enough for the two of them.
That they salvaged the wheat is interesting. I wonder if it was consumed or if it was salvaged and dried simply to avoid 100,000 bu of wheat rotting on shore? I assume the latter.
$10,000 of insurance on a $25,000 vessel with a $90,000 cargo!
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According to the Oct 16 Buffalo Commercial Advisor the government wanted the mess cleaned up due to the probable "stench and disease' of the polluted shoreline. And the value of the wheat was about 10% of original. they had to salvage as much as possible without enough insurance to cover costs. Newspaper articles of events like that are always interesting.
The collision was on Sept. 30th and by Oct. 22 they were both suing each other. Some tings never change lol.
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