The St. Peter, a wooden-hulled three-masted schooner built in 1873 by Edwards in Toledo, Ohio, left Oswego carrying a full load of coal and headed for the safety of the Welland Canal when a storm struck with 70 mph winds. Unable to reach the canal, the ship turned back east to run before the wind, but after 12 hours of darkness, 20-foot seas, gale-force winds, and freezing sleet, the struggle failed and the vessel was lost 5 miles northwest of Sodus, New York, on October 27, 1898. Eight people were lost, including the crew and the captain's wife, and the captain was the only person rescued, saved by a boat from the local Lifesaving Service. Lifesavers from Sodus Point got to within a mile of the ship before she sank but could rescue only one. The 136-foot schooner, 26 feet wide and 12 feet deep, with a gross weight of 290 tons, now rests upright and intact in 117 feet of water east of Pultneyville. After the sinking, her masts protruded above the water but were later dropped to prevent hazards to navigation. A substantial portion of the remains was recovered in 1971 and became the basis of a museum at the Pultneyville Historical Society, and the wreck has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.