Its Tuesday Trivia time! First one to answer correctly wins a free McGulpin Point Lighthouse t-shirt! December 5, 1893 was a particularly eventful one at McGulpin Point when a wooden propeller vessel caught fire while passing through the Straits. By the time the vessel was off McGulpin Point, the fire was raging so badly that in order to save his crew, the captain steered the vessel toward the lighthouse at full steam. Keeper Davenport had left the station for Mackinaw City earlier in the day, and had left his nine children alone at the station (his wife had died earlier during childbirth of their 10th child). Accustomed to lighthouse life, the children were a resourceful group, and made preparations for the care of the survivors. What was the name of the vessel that burned?
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:14:31 +0000
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