Posted by Ross Richardson on December 28, 19103 at 22:51:58:
In Reply to: Did M&B#2 drown 3 more men 45 years later? posted by Bob Saxton on December 28, 19103 at 01:48:49:
Hmmmmm. It's possible. The latest theory about the M&B 2 is she lies further west than originally thought. Take pictures and show us some coal and artifacts!
Ross Richardson
: Re: the saga of the Marquette & Bessemer #2. Dec. 21, 1953, the commercial fishing tug Richard R leaves Conneaut OH to pull the last its nets from the lake about 14 miles northwest of Conneaut. It doesn't return. An intensive search over the next several weeks finally locates the boat on the bottom in 70 feet of water. The boat owner and others speculate that the Richard R capsized while trying to pull a net that was overloaded. Could it have been that the net had snagged on the remains of the carferry lost 4+ decades before?