J.M. Allmendinger
Steam Barge · Lost 1895 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan
The lumber steamer J.M. Allmendinger ran onto the shoal at Fox Point in an 1895 snowstorm; her crew were so iced over they had to be thawed with hot water.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1883, the wooden steam barge J.M. Allmendinger loaded lumber at Sturgeon Bay on November 25, 1895, and set out for Milwaukee. Nearing Milwaukee she was caught in a snowstorm and strong gale and, nearly impossible to steer, ran up onto the rocky shoal at Fox Point about 3 a.m. Life-Savers took hours to reach her, and her crew were so coated in ice they had to be hosed with hot water before they could move. She was abandoned on December 2 and slowly broke up.
Vessel
- 1883
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- Wood
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- Steam (screw)
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Loss
- November 26, 1895
- Grounding
- Rocky shoal off Fox Point, north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin → Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Lumber
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Fox Point, Wisconsin
No pin: Wisconsin Shipwrecks inventory positions are not used as wreck pins.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (75/100)
Original newspaper accounts are quoted by the source and were not independently inspected.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks (Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant) — J.M. Allmendinger
Specification table and final-voyage text read; quoted newspapers not independently inspected.
