SS John B. Lyon was an 1881 built American wooden bulk carrier steamer. On 12 September 1900, during the Great Storm of 1900 the steamer with a cargo of 80,000 iron ore was sunk in a gale, the remnants of the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas, on Lake Erie off Conneaut near Ashtabula, Ohio, a total loss. Nine crewmen were killed, seven people survived.[1][2]

c. 1890
History
United States
NameSS John B. Lyon
BuilderThomas Quayle & Sons
Christened1881
Out of service12 September 1900
General characteristics
Typesteamer
Tonnage1710 grt
Installed power700 h.p. (rhp)
Crew16

References edit

  1. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1901". Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "John B. Lyon (+1900)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 21 April 2020.