E. B. Hale
Foundered Oct 8, 1897 off Point Aux Barques MI, Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Sprang leak in gale and sank. Enroute from Lorain OH to Milwaukee with cargo of steel billets. Towing schooner Sandusky, which had been cut loose and which sailed on up the lakes not knowing that her towing vessel had sunk. Crew rescued by str. Nebraska. Enrollment surrendered Dec 31, 1897.
HALE, E.B. (1874, Bulk Freighter) Year of Build: 1874 Official Number: 135012 Construction and Ownership Built at: Cleveland, OH Vessel Type: Bulk Freighter Hull Materials: Wood Number of Decks: 2 Builder Name: Quayle & Martin Original Owner and Location: Alva Bradley, Cleveland, OH. Power Number of Masts: 3 Propulsion: Screw Engine Type: Low Pressure # Cylinders: 1 # Boilers: 1 # Propellers: 1 Propulsion Notes: 2 condensing engines 36 x 36" stroke. 1 boiler 11.6 x 18', 55# pressure built Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OH. Dimensions Length: 217.8' Beam: 34.8' Depth: 17.9' Tonnage (gross): 1186 Final Disposition Final Location: Off Point aux Barques, MI. Lake Huron Date: 8 Oct 1897 How: Foundered. Final Cargo: Steel billets. Notes: Lost engine, cargo shifted in storm causing leak, sunk bow first, all crew rescued by steamer NEBRASKA. History
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