- Dates
- 1912-11-22 – 1912-11-23
- Kind
- Shipwreck
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimedisasterhistorytransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 2003 historical column recounts how the schooner Rouse Simmons left port overloaded with Christmas trees in November 1912, encountered worsening weather, and disappeared after a rescue attempt by the Tuscadora. The wreck was later found with decayed trees still in its hold.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper retelling of the 1912 shipwreck and should be read alongside the underlying maritime and archaeological records.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2003, “The Way it Was: The Christmas Tree Ship.”Retells the Rouse Simmons’s overloaded November 1912 voyage, the failed rescue attempt by the Tuscadora, the loss of the crew, and the wreck’s later discovery with Christmas trees still in its hold. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the January 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The January 2003 Beaver Beacon retells the 1912 loss of the Christmas Tree Ship”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-tree-ship-1912-retrospective-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2003, “The Way it Was: The Christmas Tree Ship.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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