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- GLENBULAH 1867
The CHARLES H. BURTON, originally known as the GLENBULAH, was a wooden three-masted schooner built in 1867 by Stoakes & Locklin in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Glenbulah was largely destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871 but was later rebuilt. In 1873, the remaining hull of the Glenbulah was used to construct the Charles H. Burton, a three-masted schooner measuring 158 feet in length, 31 feet in beam, and 14 feet in depth. The rebuilt vessel had a gross tonnage of 514 and a net tonnage of 489. It was owned by Burton Bros. of Erie, Pennsylvania.
On October 10, 1905, the Charles H. Burton, carrying a cargo of coal, was caught in a storm and driven ashore approximately 4.5 miles east of Barcelona, New York, on Lake Erie. The vessel broke up and foundered, resulting in its loss. Fortunately, there were no reported fatalities in the incident.
It’s worth noting that the Glenbulah, the original vessel from which the Charles H. Burton was rebuilt, was also involved in previous incidents. It was destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871 and subsequently rebuilt as the Charles H. Burton. In 1883, the Charles H. Burton was wrecked again but later removed from the registry.
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