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    VESSEL NAME:   Abercorn
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   105361
    DATE OF LOSS:  5 September 1904
    REASON:        Fire
    LOCATION:      Goderich, Ontario
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freighter
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       John J. Hill at Marine City, MI - 1873
    OWNER(S):      Capt W. J. Willoughby and Richard Baxter (engineer)
    MASTER:        W. J. Willoughby
    TONNAGE:       260.79 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    126.1 x 26.1 x 11
    CASUALTIES:    0
    SURVIVORS:     -

                   Burned while unloading coal at Goderich, Ontario, the
                fire being caused by the explosion of a signal lamp.   
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Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, 11 June 1874
         Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes", vol. II, 1899
            biography of John J. Hill, p. 184-185
         Buffalo Evening News, 6 September 1904
         British Whig, 5 September 1904
         Merchant Vessel List - 1885
         Annual Report of the Steamboat Inspection Service, 1905, p. 401
         Jenks, Wm. Lee - "History of St. Clair County, Michigan" 1912
         Swayze, David D. - "Shipwreck!" 1992, p. 14