J. I. Case

Summary

The J. I. Case was a three-masted schooner carrying corn from Chicago to Buffalo when it became stranded on Hog Island Reef in 1883. The held account says the Beaver Island station saved the vessel.¹

Evidence and limits

The vessel record is based on a December 1961 local retrospective, not a contemporary enrollment or casualty record. The name is modeled as this vessel in the maritime context and is not connected to the unrelated machinery company without a vessel record or registry source.

Open questions

• What were the schooner’s owner, registry, dimensions, builder, and master?
• Can a contemporary report document the stranding and rescue?

See also

• Stranding of the J. I. Case (1883)
• Hog Island Reef
• Beaver Island Life-Saving Station

Sources