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    VESSEL NAME:   Adventure
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   105567
    DATE OF LOSS:  7 October 1903
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire  
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, Kelly's Island
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, built as schooner, converted 1896
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. Oades, Detroit - 1875
    OWNER(S):      Beyschlag, Schlinkert & Lowes of St. Clair.
    MASTER:        Capt. John Lowes
    TONNAGE:       141 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    108 x 24 x 8.3
    CASUALTIES:    0
    
                   Caught fire while lying at the dock and, with her
                 cargo of lime, was totally destroyed. Towed away from
                 the dock by the tug SMITH in order to save the dock 
                 and the nearby schooner ANDERSON.


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Sources: Buffalo Courier, 8 October 1903
         Sandusky Register, 8 October 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1900, 1903
         Blue Book of American Shipping, 1903