Marine accidents -- Great Lakes (North America)

 Subject

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Account of rescue of small boat by the MATTHEW ANDREWS

 Collection – Box GLMMS 26, Folder: 21
Identifier: GLMMS-0802
Scope and Contents

Report sent to Hanna Steamship Lines describing aid given by the ship MATTHEW ANDREWS to a small boat that ran out of gas in Lake Michigan near Escanaba, MI.

Dates: Creation: 1973

Bulk Navigation and Towing, Inc., hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 20
Identifier: GLMMS-0743
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Bulk Navigation and Towing vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1966-1967

C.C. BARNES accident report

 Collection – Box GLMMS 26, Folder: 20
Identifier: GLMMS-0801
Scope and Contents

Report describes the accidental death of a merchant seaman, Adam Hill, from the schooner C.C. BARNES out of Cleveland, Ohio, in a drowning accident at Meaford, Ontario.

Dates: Creation: 1911

Deposition of George H. Burgner regarding the EDMUND FITZGERALD

 Collection – Box GLMMS 37, Folder: 7
Identifier: GLMMS-2057
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of deposition given by George H. Burgner on December 13th, 1977, newspaper article about the EDMUND FITZGERALD from the Minneapolis Star Tribune November 10, 1997, 50th anniversary program set for November 10, 2008, memories April 25, 2008, and letter a letter from the donor summarizing and contextualizing the contents of this collection.

Dates: Creation: 1977-2015 (scattered dates)

Documents concerning the collision between the documented towing steamer ARTHUR WOODS and the undocumented pleasure launch FROLIC

 Collection – Box GLMMS 26, Folder: 19
Identifier: GLMMS-0800
Scope and Contents

Description of circumstances in the collision of a tug with a pleasure craft in the Maumee River, resulting in the deaths of seven passengers on the launch.

Dates: Creation: 1902

EASTLAND disaster proceedings: United States vs. William H. Hull...[et al.]

 Collection
Identifier: GLMMS-1130
Scope and Contents

District court indictments, proceedings, and testimony related to the capsizing of the steamer EASTLAND on July 24, 1915, with the loss of over 800 lives.

Dates: Creation: 1915-1916

Great Lakes Steamship Company hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 22
Identifier: GLMMS-0745
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Great Lakes Steamship Company vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1946-1960

Great Lakes Towing Company hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 18
Identifier: GLMMS-0741
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Great Lakes Towing Company vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1949-1953

Interlake Steamship Company hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 23
Identifier: GLMMS-0746
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Interlake Steamship Company vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1949-1961

Midland Steamship Line hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 19
Identifier: GLMMS-0742
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Midland Steamship Line vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1953-1963

Nicholson Transit Company hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 24
Identifier: GLMMS-0747
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Nicholson Transit Company and Ecorse Transit Company vessels



Dates: Creation: 1950-1961

Pioneer Steamship Company hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 21
Identifier: GLMMS-0744
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Pioneer Steamship Company vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1954-1963

Republic Steel Corporation hull loss records

 Collection – Box GLMMS 14, Folder: 25
Identifier: GLMMS-0748
Scope and Contents

Reports compiled for Marsh & McLennan, Inc. detailing various accidents and damage incidents involving Republic Steel Corporation Lake Fleet vessels.

Dates: Creation: 1960-1969