Thursday, July 10, 2008

Windsor, 1892

SAGINAW
Other names : none
Official no. : C69524
Type at loss : propeller, wood, carferry, 4 car
Build info : 1873, Port Huron Dry Dock [A. Stewart], Port Huron
Specs : 142x26x10, 365 t.
Date of loss : 1892, Mar 6
Place of loss : Windsor, Ont.
Lake : Detroit R.
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : ?
Carrying : ?
Detail : She burned at her layup dock. She had been laid up since 1884.The hull was later recovered and converted to an odd-looking tug, a well-known wrecker in the Detroit River area until broken up about 1940.

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