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J. I. Case

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TypeVessel
RigThree-masted schooner
ErasIrish era
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Vessel
Rig
Three-masted schooner
Eras
Irish era
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Media
Beaver Island History Map, 1978 revision

Summary

The J. I. Case was a schooner attended by Capt. Harrison Miller on November 23, 1883. A later local retrospective describes it as a three-masted corn schooner from Chicago to Buffalo, stranded on Hog Island Reef and saved by the Beaver Island station.12

Evidence and limits

The dated 1908 reprint independently attests the vessel name and Miller’s response, but neither held source is an enrollment or casualty record. The name is modeled as this vessel in the maritime context and is not connected to the unrelated machinery company without a vessel record or registry source.

Open questions

  • What were the schooner’s owner, registry, dimensions, builder, and master?
  • Can a contemporary report document the stranding and rescue?

See also

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Charlevoix Sentinel, July 30, 1908, “Brave Old Capt. ‘Tip’ Miller,” reprinting the Frankfort Express. ↩

  2. Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “The Changing Face of Beaver Island.” ↩

Sources

  1. Charlevoix Sentinel, July 30, 1908, “Brave Old Capt. ‘Tip’ Miller,” reprinting the Frankfort Express.
    Lists “schr. J. I. Case” among the wrecks attended by Capt. Harrison Miller on November 23, 1883. The passage does not identify the vessel’s registry, build, owner, cargo, master, or ultimate fate. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixsentin1219unse
  2. Retrospective identifies the J. I. Case as a three-masted schooner carrying corn from Chicago to Buffalo that became stranded on Hog Island Reef in 1883 and was saved.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “J. I. Case”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/vessels/j-i-case-1883/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Sentinel, July 30, 1908, “Brave Old Capt. ‘Tip’ Miller,” reprinting the Frankfort Express. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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