AH-WR-1924

S.B. Paige

Schooner · Lost September 1907, reported in the Door County Advocate of September 12, 1907; ice completed the wreck by early 1908. · Door County & Lake Michigan

A small Oshkosh-built schooner dragged onto the Sturgeon Bay middle ground in 1907 and was finished by the winter ice.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

The two-masted schooner S.B. Paige was built at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1863 for A. Day and Company. In September 1907, carrying 30 cords of shingle bolts from Fish Creek, Captain Alfred Graham anchored at the mouth of Sturgeon Bay in a northwest rainstorm. Her anchors failed and she was driven onto the sandy middle ground, settling in about six feet of water. Lifesavers took her two men ashore, and winter ice completed the wreck.

Vessel

Built: 1863
Registry: US registry no. 116335
Builder: Fowler
Yard: Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Material: Wood
Length: 79 ft
Beam: 20 ft
Tonnage: 47.49 gross tons
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 1907, reported in the Door County Advocate of September 12, 1907; ice completed the wreck by early 1908.
Cause: Storm
Location: Middle ground at the entrance to Sturgeon Bay, about 2½ miles from the bridge, Door County, Wisconsin
Water: Green Bay
Voyage: Fish Creek, Wisconsin → Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Cargo: 30 cords of shingle bolts
Aboard: 2
Lives lost: 0
Master: Alfred Graham