St. Peter
Schooner · United States · Lost 1898 · Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence
A three-masted coal schooner overwhelmed in an October gale off the New York shore of Lake Ontario in 1898.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
St. Peter was a wooden three-masted schooner of the late Lake Ontario cargo trade. On 27 October 1898 she was caught in a heavy autumn gale while crossing with coal and went down off Pultneyville, New York. Most of her small crew was lost. The wreck lies in deep cold water and has been reported as remarkably well preserved.
Vessel
- 1873
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- Wood
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- Sail
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Loss
- October 27, 1898
- Storm
- Off Pultneyville, Lake Ontario, New York
- Lake Ontario
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- Coal
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- Most of the crew was lost; accounts differ on the exact number.
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The Wreck Today
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- Reported largely intact on the lake bed.
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Position
- 43.35° N 77.19° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Pultneyville, New York
Position given for the reported loss area off Pultneyville; the surveyed wreck position is not published in the sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (60/100)
The surveyed wreck position, depth and the exact number of lives lost are not established in the sources reviewed.
New York State Museum, maritime collections
Vessel identity and Lake Ontario trade context.
Contemporary Rochester area newspaper accounts, October 1898
Date of loss, the gale, reported loss of crew.
