1860 — Nov 24, steamer Jersey City grounds, Lake Erie gale, Long Point, Ontario, Can.– 17

–19 Hall. Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes During the Navigation of 1871… 1872, p. 16.
–19 McNeil. “Jersey City (Propeller), aground, 25 Nov 1860.” Maritime History of the Great Lakes.
–17 Alchem Incorporated. Erie-Ashtabula Shipwrecks.
–17 Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. 1972, p. 249.
–17 Buffalo Daily Republic, NY. “Loss of the Propeller Jersey City.” 11-28-1860. (In McNeil)
–16 crew
— 1 passenger
–17 Lytle/Holdcamper. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. 1952, p. 248.
–16 Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter J.

Narrative Information

Alchem. Erie-Ashtabula Shipwrecks: “Jersey City: Steam freighter ran aground in a gale 11/24/1860 on the tip of Long Point, Ontario. Seventeen of the crew of twenty two died in the wreck.”

Lytle and Holdcamper: “Jersey City…633 [tons]…stranded…11-23-1860…Long Point, Ont. …17 [lives lost].” (From table: “Losses of United States Merchant Steam Vessels, 1807-1867.”)

McNeil:
Reason: aground
Lives: 19
….Freight: flour & pork
Remarks: Total loss
….
Geographic Coverage: Long Point, Ontario, Canada.”

Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwrecks Beginning with the letter J:
“JERSEY CITY

Type at loss : propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info : 1855, G.W. Jones, Cleveland
Specs : 152x29x12, 633 t.
Date of loss : 1860, Nov 24
Place of loss : near the tip of Long Point, opposite Dunkirk, NY
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 16 of 22
Carrying : flour and barreled pork, hides

“Detail : Bound Toledo for Dunkirk, NY, she was driven ashore and wrecked in a very powerful storm. Owned by the New York and Erie RR Line.”

Newspapers
(Transcribed by William McNeil for Maritime History of the Great Lakes website.)

Nov 28: “The telegraph dispatch from Port Dover last night, says the propeller JERSEY CITY, from Cleveland with a cargo of flour and pork, is a total wreck, two miles from Long Point. Sixteen of her crew and one passenger are lost. The saved, are Captain Monroe, two firemen, one wheelsman, and one passenger named Randall. Two bodies were picked up. Those saved report that nearly all reached shore, but perished in the snow storm. The captain and passengers had their hands badly frozen. The two engineers were frozen to death three hundred yards from the light-house, locked in each other’s arms. The cargo is strewn along the beach for miles. The captain arrived here today….” (Buffalo Daily Republic, NY. “Loss of the Propeller Jersey City.” 11-28-1860.)

Nov 30: “….This unfortunate propeller was built in 1855, at Cleveland. She was 633 tons burthen, valued at $25,000, and rated A No. 2. She was owned by S. D. Caldwell, of Dunkirk. She was officered by Capt. Monroe, who will be remembered as the brave man who some years since, when the brig OMAH was wrecked in Cleveland, on the West Pier, in a furious storm of wind and snow, risked his own life in saving the half-frozen crew of the brig. He resided somewhere near Dunkirk. The Clerk, A. H. Derby, was from Cleveland. He leaves a wife, to mourn his loss. The first engineer, Mr. Manchester, was a single man, and has a mother and two sisters in western New York, who depended on him for support. A few weeks since he went to the Insurance Agency, in Cleveland, and took out a life insurance policy for $2,000, for the benefit of his mother. The mate, —– Langley, was from Buffalo. These are all the names that we could ascertain.” (Buffalo Daily Republic, NY. “The Propeller Jersey City.” 11-30-1860.)

Sources

Alchem Incorporated. Lake Erie Alphabetical Shipwreck Index. Accessed 10-27-2021 at: https://www.alcheminc.com/alpha.html

Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press Inc., 1972.

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

Lytle, William M., compiler, from Official Merchant Marine Documents of the United States and Other Sources; Holdcamper, Forrest H. (Editor, and Introduction by). Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States 1807-1868. “The Lytle List.” Mystic, CT: Steamship Historical Society of America (Publication No. 6), 1952. Accessed 8-16-2020 at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039084&view=1up&seq=7

McNeil, William R. “Jersey City (Propeller), aground, 25 Nov 1860.” Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Accessed 10-27-2021 at: https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/42015/data?n=1

Swayze, David D. Great Lakes Shipwreck Files. Accessed 10-27-2021 at: https://greatlakesrex.wordpress.com/j/

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