AH-WR-1956

E.M. Carrington

Schooner · Lost 1880 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan

The lumber schooner E.M. Carrington rolled over in a November gale in 1880 within sight of a consort vessel, drowning all five of her crew.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in 1866, the two-masted schooner E.M. Carrington left Muskegon on November 14, 1880, with lumber for Milwaukee, sailing alongside the schooner Phoenix. In a northwest gale she hoisted a distress signal while her crew pumped and jettisoned the deckload, but she held her course for the Wisconsin shore. Early the next morning, in a southerly gale, she rolled over. Phoenix could not help, and all five aboard drowned. Her wreck was later found floating bow up far out in the lake.

Vessel

Built: 1866
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: November 15, 1880
Cause: Storm
Location: Open Lake Michigan, roughly 45 miles southeast of Milwaukee where her floating wreck was last seen
Water: Lake Michigan
Voyage: Muskegon, Michigan → Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cargo: Lumber
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: 5
Master: Capt. Sands