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    VESSEL NAME:   Africa
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:  (Can) 92285
    DATE OF LOSS:  7 October 1895
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, southwest of Tobermory straits
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       William Power, Kingston, Ont.
    OWNER(S):      A. R. Christie estate, Toronto, Can.
    MASTER:        Capt. H. P. Larsen
    TONNAGE:       352 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    135 x 25 x 12
    CASUALTIES:    10-13 (all) (reported numbers varies)
    
                   Bound Ashtabula, OH., with coal for Owen Sound with the
                schooner SEVERN in tow when they encountered a raging
                northwest gale. The towline was cast off and the SEVERN 
                grounded near Bradley Harbor where she became a total loss.
                
                Crew List:
                Capt. H. P. Larsen, Toronto
                William Anderson, Mate, Owen Sound
                Chief Engineer Hay, Toronto
                Edward Forrest, Second Engineer
                William Mann, first wheelman, Toronto
                John King, second wheelman, Oakville
                Miss Lee, cook, Toronto
                two firemen (names unknown)
                two deckhands (names unknown)

                   Had partially burned at Owen Sound on 20 April
                    1886 and rebuilt as a bulk carrier.

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Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, 10 October 1895
         Detroit Free Press, 10 October 1895
         Niagara Falls Gazette, 12 October 1895
         List of Vessels on the Registry Books of the Dominion - 1873
         Sessional Papers, Vol. 14 (1887) Dominion of Canada
         Meteorological Service, Dominion of Canada - October, 1895
         Inland Seas - Vol. 19, Issue 4, 1963