Tony Cager, 53, from Glasgow, had worked on the ship for 12 years and held the party on the Waverley's sister ship at Bristol docks.
Alger County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,601. Its county seat is Munising. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located within the county.
Almont was an important community during the settlement of Lapeer and Sanilac Counties and to the lumber industry that was the foundation of the economy at the time. The railroad line that reached Almont, starting in 1882, was a narrow gauge branch of the Port Huron and Northwest Railroad.