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January 25, 1897
The Saint Paul Globe
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
A.P. Lyman, prominent Sheboygan resident, celebrates 80th birthday while ill with grippe. Arrived in 1845, built store, then vessels like Morning Star and Cortland that all sank, causing great losses. Also involved in railroad construction.
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HE BUILT VESSELS THAT SANK.
Fatality Attending the Ships Constructed by A. P. Lyman, of Sheboygan.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Jan. 24.-A. P. Lyman, the most prominent citizen in Sheboygan, is in a dangerous condition from an attack of the grippe. Today was his eightieth birthday, a number of the old settlers called upon him. Mr. Lyman came to Sheboygan county in 1845, and opened a store in Sheboygan Falls moving to Sheboygan the next year. He built a number of vessels to sail the lakes, and, while they were a source of great revenue, they each and all eventually went to the bottom, burying fortunes innumerable. He built the Morning Star, which, on its first trip, heavily laden with wheat, went to the bottom. He built the Sea North, the Monitor, the Express, the Black Hawk, the Magnolia, the Lew Higby, the Homer and the Cortland, the latter, loaded with iron, colliding with one of the Ward steamers from Detroit. On the latter were nearly 200 passengers, and nearly all on board were lost. The Cortland sank also.
He also engaged in railroad building, being largely interested in constructing the Northwestern lines now running into this city.
Fatality Attending the Ships Constructed by A. P. Lyman, of Sheboygan.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Jan. 24.-A. P. Lyman, the most prominent citizen in Sheboygan, is in a dangerous condition from an attack of the grippe. Today was his eightieth birthday, a number of the old settlers called upon him. Mr. Lyman came to Sheboygan county in 1845, and opened a store in Sheboygan Falls moving to Sheboygan the next year. He built a number of vessels to sail the lakes, and, while they were a source of great revenue, they each and all eventually went to the bottom, burying fortunes innumerable. He built the Morning Star, which, on its first trip, heavily laden with wheat, went to the bottom. He built the Sea North, the Monitor, the Express, the Black Hawk, the Magnolia, the Lew Higby, the Homer and the Cortland, the latter, loaded with iron, colliding with one of the Ward steamers from Detroit. On the latter were nearly 200 passengers, and nearly all on board were lost. The Cortland sank also.
He also engaged in railroad building, being largely interested in constructing the Northwestern lines now running into this city.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Disaster
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Shipbuilder
Sunken Vessels
Sheboygan
A P Lyman
Railroad Construction
Lake Disasters
What entities or persons were involved?
A. P. Lyman
Where did it happen?
Sheboygan, Wis.
Story Details
Key Persons
A. P. Lyman
Location
Sheboygan, Wis.
Event Date
1845
Story Details
A.P. Lyman arrived in Sheboygan county in 1845, opened a store, built multiple lake vessels that generated revenue but all sank, including the Morning Star on its first wheat-laden trip and the Cortland in a collision with a Ward steamer, resulting in nearly 200 passenger deaths. He also built Northwestern railroads into the city.