Captain John O’Neal’s fishing-tug ice drift near the Fox Islands, 1925

Summary

The Herald reported that Captain John O’Neal and crew returned to Charlevoix after more than a week trapped in drift ice around the Fox Islands, with nets lost but a catch retained.

Evidence and limits

The held source was published or indexed on 1925-01-02. It is the basis for this record; notices, retrospective columns, and schedules are not treated as proof of later outcomes.

hways of northern Michigan clear of ‘snow dyr- | si ing the winter months. The chief ex- ecutive of the down state ‘city believes | s there is too little automobile travel to |: warrant spending so much. money on the work of plowing. Few Cadillac! people:use their cars out side the city, | he. believes. Captain John O’Neal: anda crew of men have arrived safely back at Charle-. voix after being held prisoner in the ice off Fox islands in Lake Michigan for more than a week. The fish tug was caught in a large field of drift ice {and carried around the islands. several times before the field broke up. All of Captain O’Neal’s nets were lost but. he |. brought in a good -size fish. Cross Brothers, of St. James, are reported held fast in the ice at Cole’s Harbor. A large portion of the- 1924 income tax for individuals, corporations and fiduciaries have been rec

Open questions

• Can an original agency, vessel, land, lighthouse, or personnel record confirm the details and identify unnamed people or equipment?
• Does another contemporaneous source establish an exact location, duration, or outcome beyond this report?

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago
• Commercial fishing
• Shipping and navigation