The ''Fontana'' was a wooden schooner that sank in the

St. Clair River The St. Clair River (french: Rivière Sainte-Claire) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 river in central North America which flows from Lake Huron int ...

in U.S. state of

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on 3 August 1900 while under tow from the SS ''Kaliyuga''. On the morning of 4 August 1900, the ''Fontana'', under tow from the SS ''Kaliyuga'', collided with the ''Santiago'', in tow of the SS ''Appomattox''. John McGregor was sleeping in the ''Fontanas forecastle and was killed when the ships collided. Days after the collision, the Schooner ''Kingfisher'' collided with the wreck of the ''Fontana''. No company was willing to bid to raise the ''Fontana'', on account of the swift current and difficulty in patching the hole in her hull. She was blasted with dynamite in October 1900 as the United States government believed that a further accident involving the ''Fontana'' could obstruct the St. Clair river.

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