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Unnamed Squaw Island Light-Crew Sailboat (1900)

Also 22-foot Squaw Island sailboat · unnamed light-crew boat

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeVessel
ErasModern era

Summary

The unnamed 22-foot sailboat carried the Squaw Island light crew south toward Beaver Island on December 14, 1900. A sudden squall capsized it, leaving the boat and two survivors adrift until the Manhattan rescued them the next morning.1

No name, builder, registry, hull material, or later disposition is supplied.

Open questions

  • Do lighthouse-service or maritime records identify the boat?
  • Was it owned by the light station, its keeper, or another service authority?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Held Beaver Beacon accounts of the December 14–15, 1900 Squaw Island light-crew tragedy. ↩

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.”
    Describes the unnamed 22-foot sailboat launched by the five-person light crew and its capsizing in a sudden squall.
    beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 1971, “Lone Survivor Tells Story.”
    Confirms the sailboat’s unnamed status, 22-foot length, route, capsizing, overnight drift, and survival account.
    beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon