Four Brothers
Schooner · Lost 1892 · Door County & Lake Michigan
A Holland-built lumber schooner dragged ashore near Hedgehog Harbor when a ninety-mile-per-hour gale parted her anchor chain in 1892.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Cornelius Scotch built the two-masted schooner Four Brothers at Holland, Michigan, in 1870. A Milwaukee lumber schooner, she was owned at loss by Halvor Nelson. On October 28, 1892, a northwest gale struck near Hedgehog Harbor; Captain Gustav Mathison anchored, but the big anchor chain parted and she dragged ashore. Sailors from the schooner Annie Dow stripped her outfit and later sued for their pay.
Vessel
- 1870
- US registry no. 9925
- Cornelius Scotch
- Holland, Michigan
- Wood
- 88.5 ft
- 21.5 ft
- 95.56 gross tons
- Sail
- Not established
Loss
- October 28, 1892
- Storm
- Near Hedgehog Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
- Green Bay
- Not established
- Lumber trade (cargo at loss not stated)
- Not established
- Not established
- Gustav Mathison
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Gills Rock, Wisconsin
Institutional inventory position not used; surveyed provenance not established.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (84/100)
Crew numbers, casualties, depth and surveyed position are not established in the source reviewed.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks: Four Brothers
Construction table and complete Final Voyage narrative read; underlying newspapers not independently inspected.
