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    VESSEL NAME:   Aurora
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   106493
    DATE OF LOSS:  1932
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Abandoned, fire
    LOCATION:      Grand Haven, MI - Grand River
    RIG TYPE:      Barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood with iron strapping
    BUILDER:       Murphy & Miller, Cleveland - 1887
    OWNER(S):      Morton Salt Company
    MASTER:        -
    TONNAGE:       2,282 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    290 x 41 x 22.4
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   Low lake levels in 2012 revealed the remains of a large
                ship which were later identified as the AURORA by Valerie
                and Jack Van Heest along with members of MSRA.

                   At the time of her launch she was hailed as the
                largest wooden vessel on the lakes. On November 29,
                1889, the powerful steamer had the schooner GEORGE W.
                ADAMS and the big five-masted schooner DAVID DOWS in tow
                when the trio was overtaken by a terrific storm. The DOWS
                and ADAMS were cast off. The ADAMS survived but the DOWS
                went to the bottom.

                   On December 12, 1898, the AURORA caught fire off Bois
                Blanc Island at the entrance to the Detroit river and
                burned to the water's edge. Originally thought to be a
                total loss but was raised and converted into a tow-barge.
                Changed hands several times afterwards. Owned by the
                Morton Salt Company in 1916 and laid up in 1927. Left
                to rot in shallow water on the north side of Harbor
                Island.


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Sources: Marine Record, 25 August 1887
         Certificate of Enrollment, 26 September 1887
         Marine Record, 15 December 1898
         Marine Record, 22 December 1898
         Merchant Vessel List - 1889
         Chicago Tribune, 30 November 1889
         Shipwreck World - 11 December 2012