| DATE | SHIP | INCIDENT TYPE | LOCATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec., 1873 | Barge CORMORANT | Stranding | Fox Point, WI | Ship stranded on Fox Point. Got off after jettisoning 5,000 barrels of flour. (HALL) |
| Oct. 18, 1880 | Schooner HUNGARIAN | Stranding | Whitefish Bay, WI | Ship driven onto the rocks by a gale and declared a total loss. (SWAYZE) |
| Sept. 15, 1881 | Schooner D.A. VAN VALKENBURG | Stranding | Whitefish Bay, WI | Ship driven onto the rocks by a gale and demolished. Seven of Eight crew members lost. (SWAYZE) |
| Apr. 14, 1888 | Propeller/Sand Scow JOSEPHINE | Sinking | Whitefish Bay, WI | Ship struck a rock and sunk. Machinery recovered. (SWAYZE) |
| 1898 | Scow Schooner DAN HAYES | Storm Damage | Fox Point, WI | Ship sprung a leak during a summer storm. Crew abandoned ship and battled the waves in a small yawl for five hours before coming ashore. HAYES lost all three masts and entire deckload of cargo (bark) but was recovered and survived as a barge. (SHSW) |
| Dec. 13, 1926 | Railroad Carferry PERE MARQUETTE 18 | Grounding | Fox Point | Struck a rock off Fox Point at full speed, resulting in a 48-foot hole torn in her bottom. Ship settled, but was later pumped out and towed to Manitowoc for repairs. (HILTON) |
| Oct. 22, 1929 | Grand Trunk Railroad Carferry MILWAUKEE | Sinking | Approx. 6 miles east of Whitefish Bay | Ship and all hands lost in a gale when freight cars shifted, damaging sea gate. Twenty-one bodies eventually recovered of estimated ship's complement of 53. Worst accident involving a Great Lakes railroad carferry. Ship rests in 130 feet of water. (SWAYZE; HILTON) |
Sources: HALL-Capt. J.W. Hall Great Lakes Vessel Accident Database; HILTON-"The Great Lakes Car Ferries" by George W. Hilton; SHSC-State Historical Society of Wisconsin; SWAYZE-David Swayze Great Lakes Shipwreck File;