Sarah E. Sheldon
Steam Screw · Lost 1905 · The Lake Erie Islands
The 33-year-old coal steamer Sarah E. Sheldon struck a reef and broke up 600 feet off Lake Breeze, Ohio, in a 1905 gale.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1872 at Black River, Ohio, the 184-foot wooden bulk freighter Sarah E. Sheldon was bound from Cleveland to Sarnia with coal on October 20, 1905, when a huge gale drove her onto a reef near Lake Breeze, Ohio. She broke up only 600 feet offshore, and Life-Saving Service crews rescued the survivors. She was 33 years old and had been heavily repaired in 1883.
Vessel
- 1872
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- Wood
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- Steam (screw)
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Loss
- October 20, 1905
- Grounding
- About 600 feet offshore near Lake Breeze (Sheffield Lake), Ohio
- Lake Erie
- Cleveland, Ohio → Sarnia, Ontario
- Coal
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- The source says survivors were rescued but does not state whether anyone was lost.
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Sheffield Lake, Ohio
No pin: Ohio Sea Grant dive-slate positions are not used as wreck pins.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
Original newspaper accounts are quoted by the source and were not independently inspected.
Ohio Sea Grant — Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of Lake Erie: Sarah E. Sheldon
Ship information, wreck site and story-of-loss sections read; quoted newspapers and books not independently inspected.
