Cause of Death by drowning. On June 17, 1850, the steamship G.P. Griffith, outbound with more than 300 passengers on a three-day voyage from Buffalo to Toledo, caught fire and burned about 220 yards from Willowick. Many of the German, English, Irish, and Scandinavian settlers were laden with money sewn into their clothing, and few reached shore. Contemporary accounts listed 286 lost. Most were buried in a mass grave on the beach, since reclaimed by Lake Erie. The Griffith incident remains one of the worst maritime disasters on the Great Lakes.∼Drown in burning and sinking of steamship G. P. Griffith off the shore of Willoughby on June 17, 1850 with most of the immigrant bodies washed up in Willowick and never identified.
Refer to: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs/willoughby/griffith.html
Additional information submitted by C. G. Powell and published in the Westville Indicator, Westville, Indiana in 1891 tells the sad story of William Lace who lost his wife Ann Christian Lace and three daughters; Mary Ann, Susanna and Jane Lace in the tragic disaster of the steamship G. P. Griffith on Lake Erie. The bodies were later discovered by Mr. Lace in a large warehouse in Cleveland where a number of bodies had been brought. Report also states that funeral took place in due time and bodies were laid away in Woodland Avenue Cemetery although other information suggests burial in Erie Street Cemetery.
Refer to: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs/willoughby/griffith.html
Additional information submitted by C. G. Powell and published in the Westville Indicator, Westville, Indiana in 1891 tells the sad story of William Lace who lost his wife Ann Christian Lace and three daughters; Mary Ann, Susanna and Jane Lace in the tragic disaster of the steamship G. P. Griffith on Lake Erie. The bodies were later discovered by Mr. Lace in a large warehouse in Cleveland where a number of bodies had been brought. Report also states that funeral took place in due time and bodies were laid away in Woodland Avenue Cemetery although other information suggests burial in Erie Street Cemetery.
Cause of Death by drowning. On June 17, 1850, the steamship G.P. Griffith, outbound with more than 300 passengers on a three-day voyage from Buffalo to Toledo, caught fire and burned about 220 yards from Willowick. Many of the German, English, Irish, and Scandinavian settlers were laden with money sewn into their clothing, and few reached shore. Contemporary accounts listed 286 lost. Most were buried in a mass grave on the beach, since reclaimed by Lake Erie. The Griffith incident remains one of the worst maritime disasters on the Great Lakes.∼Drown in burning and sinking of steamship G. P. Griffith off the shore of Willoughby on June 17, 1850 with most of the immigrant bodies washed up in Willowick and never identified.
Refer to: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs/willoughby/griffith.html
Additional information submitted by C. G. Powell and published in the Westville Indicator, Westville, Indiana in 1891 tells the sad story of William Lace who lost his wife Ann Christian Lace and three daughters; Mary Ann, Susanna and Jane Lace in the tragic disaster of the steamship G. P. Griffith on Lake Erie. The bodies were later discovered by Mr. Lace in a large warehouse in Cleveland where a number of bodies had been brought. Report also states that funeral took place in due time and bodies were laid away in Woodland Avenue Cemetery although other information suggests burial in Erie Street Cemetery.
Refer to: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlcgs/willoughby/griffith.html
Additional information submitted by C. G. Powell and published in the Westville Indicator, Westville, Indiana in 1891 tells the sad story of William Lace who lost his wife Ann Christian Lace and three daughters; Mary Ann, Susanna and Jane Lace in the tragic disaster of the steamship G. P. Griffith on Lake Erie. The bodies were later discovered by Mr. Lace in a large warehouse in Cleveland where a number of bodies had been brought. Report also states that funeral took place in due time and bodies were laid away in Woodland Avenue Cemetery although other information suggests burial in Erie Street Cemetery.
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