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SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. [1]: 54 The destruction of the G. P. Griffith was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the Eastland in 1915 and the Lady Elgin in 1860.
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Comet was first dubbed a "true treasure ship" by shipwreck historian Frederick Stonehouse in 1973. When she sank, her vessel was valued at $45,000 and the cargo at $50,000. [ 5 ] The Sault Evening News of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan announced in 1980 that Comet was the "only known treasure ship on the bottom of the lake" when interviewing Great ...
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The ship was en route to Montreal from Buffalo, New York. All crew were saved and taken aboard Dalwarnic. Ship was named after one other co-owners of the ship. [35] USS Ohio United States Navy: 1884 A ship of the line that burned in Greenport Harbor. Oregon United Kingdom: 6 March 1886
The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge and both sides of Interstate 471 over the Ohio River are shut down for the morning commute after a massive fire early Friday. “The 471 bridge is going to be shut ...
A cargo ship that caught fire and sank following a storm. San Antonio Kingdom of Portugal: 12 September 1621 A Portuguese nao that was wrecked on the west reefs, and discovered in 1960. San Pedro Spain: 1595–1596 A 350-ton Spanish ship that was wrecked to the north of the main island, and discovered in 1951.
The George Spencer (Official number 85849) was built in 1884 by the Thomas Quayle & Sons Shipyard in Cleveland, Ohio. [3] She was built for Thomas Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio. [ 3 ] She had an overall length of 242 feet (74 m), she was 230 feet (70 m) long between her perpendiculars , her beam was 37 feet (11 m) wide and her cargo hold was 20 ...