John Evenson
Tug · Lost 1895 · Door County & Lake Michigan
The tug John Evenson was run down by the steamer she had come to help off Algoma in 1895 and sank in under three minutes.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1884, the tug John Evenson answered a call for help from the steamer I. Watson Stephenson and her schooner consorts Alert and Peshtigo on June 5, 1895. While working alongside, she was struck by the steamer, capsized and went to the bottom in under three minutes. Boats from the steamer and schooners pulled her crew from the water within fifteen minutes, but fireman Martin Boswell, below deck when the water rushed in, was lost.
Vessel
- 1884
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- Wood
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Loss
- June 5, 1895
- Collision
- Lake Michigan off Algoma, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Algoma, 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) — John Evenson
Specification table and final-voyage text read; quoted newspapers not independently inspected.
