FONTANA
Other names : none
Official no. : 120713
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, bulk freight, 2-mast
Build info : 1888, S. Langell, St Clair, MI, built as 4-mast schooner-barge
Specs : 231x39x17 1164g 1105n
Date of loss : 1900, Aug 3
Place of loss : head of St. Clair R near Ft. Gratiot
Lake : St Clair R .
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : none*
Carrying : iron ore
Detail : In tow of steamer KALIYUGA(qv) she sheared off and collided with the big schooner-barge SANTIAGO(qv). Settled in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. After salvage was given up months later, she was dynamited several times to flatten and reduce her wreckage.
*officially, but newspapers said one crewman was drowned
Owned by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.