Condition: Center board and box, Large timbers, lots of wire rigging
GPS: N45 21.415 W83 35.379
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!
| Date Built:1862 | Builder: Ira Lafrinier |
| Construction: Wooden Schooner | Owners: |
| Dimentions: 186x25x12 543gt, 516nt | Cargo: |
Condition: Center board and box, Large timbers, lots of wire rigging |
Location: |
| Depth: 6-12' | |
| Date of Loss: May 19, 1894 | GPS: N45 21.415 W83 35.379 |
| Type of Loss: Grounding | Loss of Life: None |
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Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES! |
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The Schooner AMERICAN UNION Thought to be a total loss on the reef at Thompson's Harbor. Huge waves swept over her all day yesterday. Wreckers had been working on her for thirteen days. It is still blowing a gale from the North and it is bitter cold. It is feared that the crops are badly injured.
Excerpted, (Duluth Evening Herald, May 19, 1894)