Summary
In 1883 the three-masted schooner J. I. Case, carrying corn from Chicago to Buffalo, became stranded on Hog Island Reef. The December 1961 Beaver Beacon says the Beaver Island Life Saving Station saved the vessel.1
Evidence and limits
The event is modeled as a stranding and rescue, not a shipwreck: the held source says the vessel was saved. The account is a later local retrospective; it does not supply the date, master, crew, or contemporary rescue report.
Open questions
- What was the precise date and weather context of the stranding?
- Which keeper and volunteer fishermen carried out the rescue?
See also
Sources
Footnotes
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Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “The Changing Face of Beaver Island.” ↩
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “The Changing Face of Beaver Island.”Retrospective says the three-masted schooner J. I. Case, carrying corn from Chicago to Buffalo, became stranded on Hog Island Reef in 1883 and was saved by the station.