EMPIRE STATE

Date Built:1862, L. Shickluna, St. Catharines Ont. Rebuild of 1853 vessel EMPRESS. Construction: schooner, wood
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Dimensions: 318 t. Cargo: Iron Ore

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Date of Loss: 1877, Nov 8

 Lat/Lon: 43° / 082°

Type of Loss: storm

Loran:

Loss of Life: none

GPS:

Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!
She began to break up in a terrific storm. Her distress signals were spotted by the steel steamer MATAAFA(qv), which came to windward and blocked the weather while NEW YORK's crew abandoned her in her boat. *also given as "a few miles from Thunder Bay Isl.,""near South Point" and "center of the mouth of Thunder Bay."

Sources: Swayze, Kohl New York found