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William P. Wolfe

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William P. Wolfe

Birth
Michigan, USA
Death
8 May 1891 (aged 35)
Leelanau County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Northport, Leelanau County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Died in Lake Michigan due to drowning at the wreck of the commercial vessel the Dunnedin. He was a journalist. State of Michigan Leelanau County 1891 death register.

The wreck of the W. C. KIMBALL; Official no. : 81178
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1888, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 63x17x5, 33g 31n
Date of loss : 1891, May 8
Place of loss : near Pt. Betsie, MI (Benzie County)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 4 [all] - including CPT James Stevens, Charles C. Kehl and Peter Carl Andreason.
Carrying : shingles, salt
Detail : Outbound from Manistee for Traverse City, she foundered in a thick NW gale.
May 12 also given as date of loss.
Home port: Grand Haven
Sources: mv,h,nsp,nsp,hgl,sb,usls
Contributor:
Celeste
Died in Lake Michigan due to drowning at the wreck of the commercial vessel the Dunnedin. He was a journalist. State of Michigan Leelanau County 1891 death register.

The wreck of the W. C. KIMBALL; Official no. : 81178
Type at loss : scow-schooner, wood
Build info : 1888, Manitowoc, WI
Specs : 63x17x5, 33g 31n
Date of loss : 1891, May 8
Place of loss : near Pt. Betsie, MI (Benzie County)
Lake : Michigan
Type of loss : foundered
Loss of life : 4 [all] - including CPT James Stevens, Charles C. Kehl and Peter Carl Andreason.
Carrying : shingles, salt
Detail : Outbound from Manistee for Traverse City, she foundered in a thick NW gale.
May 12 also given as date of loss.
Home port: Grand Haven
Sources: mv,h,nsp,nsp,hgl,sb,usls
Contributor:
Celeste

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