The Deceptive Safety of the Algoma (1885)

It was said that it was the smallest number of passengers the Algoma had ever carried. It was supposed that she only had seven cabin passengers and six steerage passengers, the remaining 49 people were all members of the crew, though the numbers are debated. It had been a slow season for the ship, there was now a rail route around lake superior, and smallpox was hitting the region hard. Now that the season was coming to a close there was even less demand. The Algoma could expect this to be one of her last trips of the season. Ship Name: Algoma Nationality: Canadian  Tonnage: 1773 Ship Type: Steel Hulled Screw Steamer  Year Built: 1883 Year Sank: 1885 Reason For Sinking: Struck rocks in a storm  Location Sank: Isle Royale Lake Superior  Lives Lost: 46 Sources:  https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-aug-02-1886-p-2/ https://newspaperarchive.com/dunkirk-lake-shore-observer-nov-24-1885-p-1/ https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-daily-register-nov-11-1885-p-1/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/11/11/103085054.html?pageNumber=1 https://books.google.com/books?id=Oek_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA743&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9iYvjsOL_AhV5pIkEHQ3CCAoQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=Algoma%20ship%201885&f=false https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nautical_Magazine/-nq7SJxvokgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover https://books.google.com/books?id=w__kJH8s2AoC&pg=RA1-PA87&dq=Algoma+ship+1885&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9iYvjsOL_AhV5pIkEHQ3CCAoQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Algoma%20ship%201885&f=false https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/ISRO_139_D34_-26687.pdf https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000334_text https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ss-algoma-wreck-event-and-survivor-accounts.htm