The scow-schooner Dan Baker, also known as the DAN BAKER, was a wooden vessel built in 1869 by Dan Hayes in Fairport, Ohio. It had an official number of 35252 and weighed approximately 61 tons. On June 12, 1874, during a storm off Cedar Point, Ohio, the Dan Baker encountered trouble. The ship sprung a leak and eventually sank due to the gale. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties resulting from the incident.
The Dan Baker was carrying a cargo of stone at the time of the accident. After the sinking, it was declared a total loss by the end of that year. The vessel was owned by Blanchard and operated out of Cleveland. Captain Goldsmith is believed to have been the master of the ship.
News reports from Detroit in April 1874 indicated that the Dan Baker had run aground at Middle Sister Island in Lake Erie. Attempts were made by the steamship Jay Cooke to pull the vessel off, but the line broke, and the rescue effort had to be abandoned. It was anticipated that once the weather conditions improved, the wreckers would be able to work on freeing the Dan Baker more easily.
By December 1874, it was recorded in the Casualty List for that year that the loss resulting from the grounding of the Dan Baker at Middle Sister Island amounted to $500.
