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Erie Board of Trade Ghost Ship Yarn From the Lakes
A waterfront tale from the 1883 New York Sun yarns a ghost story aboard the Erie Board of Trade. Sailors recount Scotty’s fatal fall, a wreck near Niagara Reef, mutinous weather, and a haunted voyage from Buffalo to Chicago ending with the schooner sinking on its next trip.
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Great Lakes
Erie Board of Trade
New York Sun
Jack Caster
Niagara River
Black Rock
Buffalo
Chicago
Detroit
St. Clair
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Chicago Board of Trade
Manitowoc
Wisc
New York City
Milan
Hhandler
Board of Trade
Scotty
Cleveland
Milwaukee