John Pridgeon, Jr.
Steam Screw · Lost 1909 · The Lake Erie Islands
The lumber steamer John Pridgeon, Jr., capsized in a westerly gale off Cleveland in 1909; a nearby steamer rescued her crew.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built at Detroit in 1875, the 221-foot wooden propeller John Pridgeon, Jr., ended her career as a lumber hooker. On September 18, 1909, laden with lumber, she began leaking in heavy seas off Cleveland as a westerly gale rose. The gale turned her broadside to the wave troughs and capsized her. The steamer Maryland, nearby, picked up her crew. Her wreck was found two days later and declared a total loss.
Vessel
- 1875
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- Wood
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- Steam (screw)
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Loss
- September 18, 1909
- Storm
- Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio
- Lake Erie
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- Lumber
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- Capt. Hugh O'Hagan
The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Cleveland, Ohio
No pin: Ohio Sea Grant dive-slate 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.
Ohio Sea Grant — Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of Lake Erie: John Pridgeon, Jr.
Ship information, wreck site and story-of-loss sections read; quoted newspapers and books not independently inspected.
