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September 11, 1907
The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Fisherman Gus Ormaby discovers wreckage of the propeller Dean Richmond in Lake Erie, solving the 14-year mystery of its disappearance during a gale on Oct. 14, 1893, with 19 lives lost and valuable cargo.
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FISHERMAN'S FIND SOLVES
MISSING SHIP MYSTERY.
Net Brings Up Wreckage of Dean
Richmond, Lost with Crew of
19 Men Last Year.
DUNKIRK, N. Y., Sept.
11.—After
fourteen years' search by owners, un-
derwriters, syndicates and individual
wreckers, it has remained for a fisher-
man to find the wreck of the pro-
peller Dean Richmond.
"Gus" Ormaby, a fisherman, while
drawing his nets at Van Buren Point
in Lake Erie brought up the necessary
evidence to locate the resting place of
the boat, which was lost, with all on
board, during a gale on Oct. 14, 1893.
Nineteen persons were lost.
The Dean Richmond, one of the last
of a famous line of oldtime lake pro-
pellers was bound down Lake Erie af-
ter the official close of navigation for
the season of 1893, with a ship's com-
pany of nineteen and a valuable cargo
of flour and copper ore.
Search parties were financed again
and again by private capital, whose ef-
forts were equally unavailing.
The
Dean Richmond with her valuable
cargo was finally relegated to the list
of mysteriously missing vessels which
lie somewhere on the bottom of the
shallowest of all the lakes.
MISSING SHIP MYSTERY.
Net Brings Up Wreckage of Dean
Richmond, Lost with Crew of
19 Men Last Year.
DUNKIRK, N. Y., Sept.
11.—After
fourteen years' search by owners, un-
derwriters, syndicates and individual
wreckers, it has remained for a fisher-
man to find the wreck of the pro-
peller Dean Richmond.
"Gus" Ormaby, a fisherman, while
drawing his nets at Van Buren Point
in Lake Erie brought up the necessary
evidence to locate the resting place of
the boat, which was lost, with all on
board, during a gale on Oct. 14, 1893.
Nineteen persons were lost.
The Dean Richmond, one of the last
of a famous line of oldtime lake pro-
pellers was bound down Lake Erie af-
ter the official close of navigation for
the season of 1893, with a ship's com-
pany of nineteen and a valuable cargo
of flour and copper ore.
Search parties were financed again
and again by private capital, whose ef-
forts were equally unavailing.
The
Dean Richmond with her valuable
cargo was finally relegated to the list
of mysteriously missing vessels which
lie somewhere on the bottom of the
shallowest of all the lakes.
What sub-type of article is it?
Mystery
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Catastrophe
Triumph
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Shipwreck Discovery
Lake Erie Mystery
Dean Richmond
Fisherman Find
Missing Vessel
What entities or persons were involved?
Gus Ormaby
Dean Richmond Crew
Where did it happen?
Van Buren Point In Lake Erie, Near Dunkirk, N. Y.
Story Details
Key Persons
Gus Ormaby
Dean Richmond Crew
Location
Van Buren Point In Lake Erie, Near Dunkirk, N. Y.
Event Date
Lost Oct. 14, 1893; Found Sept. 11 (After Fourteen Years)
Story Details
Fisherman Gus Ormaby hauls up wreckage in his nets, locating the Dean Richmond, lost in a gale with 19 aboard and cargo, after 14 years of unsuccessful searches.