Egyptian

Date Built: 1833
Construction: Wood steamer bulk freight
Owners: Builders: Quelos and Peck, Black River, OH
Dimensions: 228x35, 1065gt Cargo: Coal

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Location: 15 miles S of Thunder Bay Island

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Date of Loss: 1897, December 1

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Type of Loss: Fire

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Co-ordinates are informational only, they maybe inaccurate and should
NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES!

Caught fire, burned and sank fifteen miles below Thunder Bay and ten miles from shore on Lake Huron, on December 1, 1897. Crew rescued from lifeboats by propeller SIR WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN. Vessel was bound from Cleveland, OH, for Milwaukee, WI, with cargo of coal at time of loss; no lives lost.

Sources: Swayze 1999; Bowling Green