Mary Jane (Bark, 1862)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: St. Catherines, Ontario
Vessel Type:: Bark
Hull Materials:: Wood
Builder Name:: Lewis Shickluna
Ownership Notes:: Murray, Hugh, (1862-1863); Tobin, John, (1862-1863); Lees, (1866); Waters, (1866-1869); Henderson, D., (1873-1876); Flanagan, Patrick, (1878-1879);
Master(s):: Flanagan, (1881);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

History

Classification:: a. Bark, Mary Jane (1862-1881)
Nationality:: Canada (1862-1881)
Chronology:: 1. 11/5/1863, Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore and released, (wheat), $7, 300 loss;
2. 10/00/1868, Port Colborne, ashore and released, $38, 000 loss;
3. 10/00/1868, Kingston, Lake Ontario, damaged her outfit and refitted, $200 loss;
4. 8/00/1869, St. Lawrence River, sank and raised;
5. 10/00/1869, Lake Ontario, damaged outfit and repaired, $300 loss;
6. 8/00/1869, St. Lawrence River, struck a rock and repaired, $36, 000 loss;
7. 11/00/1870, Lake Eire, damaged cargo, $5, 100 loss;
8. 11/18/1881, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, sank, (7 lives lost), (telegraph poles);

Notes

General notes:: She was valued at $18,000, in 1863; $10,000, in 1873; $5,500 in 1879;
She was listed as a 3 masted schooner in 1873;
Sources:: 1. John Poole's notes;
2. Vessel Register: (1864-1882);
3. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
4. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
5. Canadian Lake Vessel Register: 1873;

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