Agnes Arnold
Steam Tug · United States · Lost 1898 · Door County & Lake Michigan
Agnes Arnold, formerly Bob Mills, burned while docked at Chambers Island in Green Bay in May 1898.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at Buffalo in 1864 as Bob Mills, this wooden steam vessel was rebuilt after an explosion the following year and rebuilt again in 1880. Renamed Agnes Arnold in 1890, she served as a propeller tug and received a new boiler in 1892. On May 31, 1898, under Captain Clow, she caught fire while docked in the harbor at the north end of Chambers Island and burned completely. The loss was estimated at $3,500. Her actual wreck location and condition have not been confirmed by field investigation.
Vessel
- 1864
- US registry no. 2781
- Van Slyke & Notter
- Buffalo, New York
- Wood
- 68 ft
- 13 ft
- Not established
- Steam, screw
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Loss
- May 31, 1898
- Fire
- Harbor at the north end of Chambers Island, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Green Bay
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- Captain Clow
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Actual wreck location and condition have not been confirmed by field investigation.
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Chambers Island, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Well documented (90/100)
Wreck location, depth and casualty totals are not established; conflicting tonnage values are omitted.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Sea Grant and Wisconsin Historical Society — Agnes Arnold
Full construction table, service history, final voyage and present-condition narrative; earlier recovery, final-loss chronology and source conflicts distinguished.
