SS John B. Lyon

c. 1890
History
United States
NameSS John B. Lyon
BuilderThomas Quayle & Sons
Christened1881
Out of service12 September 1900
General characteristics
Typesteamer
Tonnage1710 grt
Installed power700 h.p. (rhp)
Crew16

SS John B. Lyon was an 1881 built American wooden bulk carrier steamer. On 12 September 1900, during the Great Storm of 1900 the steamer with a cargo of 80,000 iron ore was sunk in a gale, the remnants of the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas, on Lake Erie off Conneaut near Ashtabula, Ohio, a total loss. Nine crewmen were killed, seven people survived.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1901". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "John B. Lyon (+1900)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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