AH-WR-1830

Ida H. Bloom

Scow-Schooner · United States · Lost November 1879; exact casualty day not independently established from the dated newspaper extract. · Door County & Lake Michigan

A two-masted scow-schooner struck a rock off Clay Banks in 1879; her remains were found in 1966.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Ida H. Bloom was built at Detroit in 1864 as a wooden, two-masted scow-schooner. She survived an earlier Lake Erie capsize and was subsequently lengthened and repaired. In November 1879, she struck a rock off Clay Banks while carrying wood and railroad ties, filled and sank. A reported purchase for attempted recovery did not prevent enrollment surrender as a total loss in March 1880. Her remains were found near Woodland Creek in 1966 in about twelve feet of water.

Vessel

Built: 1864
Registry: US registry no. 12134
Builder: Not established
Yard: Detroit, Michigan
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Captain Patrick Murphy and Thomas Robinson of Manitowoc

Loss

Date: November 1879; exact casualty day not independently established from the dated newspaper extract.
Cause: Grounding
Location: Off Clay Banks, Door County, near the mouth of Woodland Creek
Water: Lake Michigan
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Wood and railroad ties
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Patrick Murphy

The Wreck Today

Depth: 12 ft
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: 1966
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Clay Banks, Wisconsin
Region: Door County & Lake Michigan

Clay Banks and Woodland Creek locality fits Door County; published inventory coordinate survey accuracy not established and omitted.

Evidence

Overall confidence: Documented (87/100)

Exact casualty day, casualties, reconciled dimensions, present condition and verified position are not established.

Wisconsin Shipwrecks — Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant
Full institutional construction/service/final voyage/Today narrative: registry 12134, 1864 wood two-mast sailing scow, raised earlier capsize, 1879 rock grounding and cargo, quoted newspaper reports, 1880 total-loss enrollment surrender, 1966 discovery at about12ft. Conflicting builder initials and dimensions not adopted.