Re: Vernon Open Cargo Doors - Confirmed in 1969?

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: Ed, : The Vernon was found by Kent Bellrichard of Milwaukee in 1969. He verified that the cargo : doors were open due to overfilling. There is a : good article about this in a past issue of Inland Seas, the journal of the Great Lakes : Historical Society. The article was actually a letter written by Dick Boyd of the : Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association. It was quite interesting and shed : lot of light on the incident. By a strange coincidence, I was just up at Two Rivers : today looking at artifacts from the Vernon at the Rogers Street Fishing Village : Museum. They have an excellent display which includes most of the artifacts : Bellrichard and other recovered prior to the passage of legislation protecting Great : Lakes wrecks. : -- : ----------------------------------------- : Brendon Baillod : bbaillod@execpc.com : http://www.execpc.com/~bbaillod : Great Lakes Shipwreck Research : Milwaukee, Wisconsin : ---------------------------------------- : : : Propeller ship Vernon foundered in gale and went down 6 mi NE of Two Rivers Point WI in late Oct 1887. One survivor. Accusations at the time cargo doors left open. Wreck found 1969. I've been told open cargo doors confirmed. : : Looking for a printed & published account of the 1969 discovery. Or,if none name of organization or firm who made discovery. : : My grandfather (Frank Hall)was 2nd engineer on the Vernon at the time she went down.

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