On this day (23 Nov) in 1912, the schooner ROUSE SIMMONS, better known as the Christmas Tree Ship, foundered in Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. There were no survivors.
The ROUSE SIMMONS was a 3-masted schooner built in 1868 by Allen, McClelland & Company of Milwaukee. She was 124 feet long with a 27.5-foot beam, and named after a well-known Kenosha merchant. She spent much of her career on Lake Michigan hauling lumber for Charles Hackley of Muskegon, Michigan.
Read the complete article in the State of Michigan publication MLive.com.