WawaDuane
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I consider this one of my best finds.
"The passenger steamer HIRAM R. DIXON, owned by the Booth & Co. running between the Soo and Michipicoten, on Wednesday night burned to the water's edge at Michipicoten Island. The crew barely escaped with their lives. She had on board a miscellaneous cargo. The steamer is a total loss.
Port Huron Daily Times
Thursday, August 20, 1903"
Steam screw HIRAM R. DIXON.* Official U. S. No. 95761. Of 597 gross tons. Built Mystic, Conn., 1882. Rebuilt at Goderich, Ont., in 1904.
144.8 x 26.6 x 10.5.
* Renamed HIRAM R. DIXON - Canada - 1901 [ C 107600]
CARIBOU - Canada - 1904 [ C 116249]
The ship back in the day.
The ship wreck on Michipicoten Island about 50 miles from where the tag was found.
"The passenger steamer HIRAM R. DIXON, owned by the Booth & Co. running between the Soo and Michipicoten, on Wednesday night burned to the water's edge at Michipicoten Island. The crew barely escaped with their lives. She had on board a miscellaneous cargo. The steamer is a total loss.
Port Huron Daily Times
Thursday, August 20, 1903"
Steam screw HIRAM R. DIXON.* Official U. S. No. 95761. Of 597 gross tons. Built Mystic, Conn., 1882. Rebuilt at Goderich, Ont., in 1904.
144.8 x 26.6 x 10.5.
* Renamed HIRAM R. DIXON - Canada - 1901 [ C 107600]
CARIBOU - Canada - 1904 [ C 116249]
The ship back in the day.
The ship wreck on Michipicoten Island about 50 miles from where the tag was found.
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