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Michigan - St. Clair River
M.E. Tremble Wreck
Name: M.E. Tremble |
| Also
Known By: None |
Official
No.: 90745 |
| Vessel
Type: Schooner, wood, 3-mast, grain |
| Constructed: 1874, Gibson, Suamico, WI |
| Specifications: 198x34x13, 673g 658n |
| Date
Lost: 1890, Sep 7 |
| Place
Lost: Northern end of St. Clair R |
| Body
of Water: St. Clair River |
| Type
of Loss: Collision |
| Lives
Lost: 1 |
| Cargo: Coal |
| Notes: Upbound in tow of the prop B.W. BLANCHARD, she was rammed by the downbound
freighter W.L.WETMORE(qv) in a passing mishap and sank quickly. All
but one of the crew made it away in her yawl and were picked up by
the carferry HURON. Her remains, lying just west of the shipping channel,
were later dynamited as a hazard. |
| Location: At the end of Whipple Stree in Port Huron. |
| Loran: ? |
| Lat/Lon:
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| Depth: 60-65 Feet |
| Visibility: 10-30 Feet |
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