1846 — Nov 19, sidewheel steamer Indian Queen grounds/breaks, Lake Erie storm ~Dunkirk NY-20

— 20 Hall. Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes During the Navigation of 1871… 1872, p. 8.
— 20 Historical Great Lakes Vessel Accident Database, v.3.0. 1846
— 20 Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter I.

Narrative Information

Hall: “Indian Queen, 112 [tons], Buffalo [built], 1844 [year built], wrecked at Dunkirk in 1846, 20 lives lost.”

Historical Great Lakes Vessel Accident Database: Indian Queen was a sidewheel steamboat; broke in two when grounded near Dunkirk, NY. (Historical Great Lakes Vessel Accident Database, 1846)

Swayze: “Type at loss : sidewheel steamer, wood
Build info : 1844, Taylor & Jewett, Buffalo
Specs : 109x16x7, 112 t.
Date of loss : 1846, Nov 19
Place of loss : Battery Point or near Dunkirk
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 20 or none [newspapers of the time don’t mention lives lost, later sources do]
Carrying : ?
Detail : Driven ashore and broke in two the same night as the steamer HELEN STRONG(qv). Total loss.” (Swayze)

Sources

Hall, John W. Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes During the Navigation of 1871… Detroit: Free Press Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1872. Accessed 10-24-2021 at:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marine_Disasters_on_the_Western_Lakes_Du/7rc5AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hall+marine+disasters+of+the+western+lake&pg=PP9&printsec=frontcover

Historical Great Lakes Vessel Accident Database, v.3.0. Accessed at: http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/wreckdb/wreckdbresults.php

Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter I. Accessed 9-7-2009 at: http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/files/i.htm