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    VESSEL NAME:   Australasia
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   106302
    DATE OF LOSS:  18 October 1896
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Whitefish Bay, off Jacksonport
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freight
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       James Davidson, West Bay City, MI - 1884
    OWNER(S):      James Corrigan, Cleveland
    MASTER:        Capt. Robert Pringle
    TONNAGE:       1,829.32 gt, 1,539.20 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    282 x 39 x 21.2
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   Was bound from Cleveland to Milwaukee with 2,200 tons
                 of soft coal when fire, which seemed to come from under
                 the boilers in the firehold, was discovered which quickly
                 spread to the coal bunkers then moved on to the cargo of
                 soft coal. She was run into Whitefish Bay where, upon
                 touching bottom, a hole was put in her hull, courtesy of
                 the bow of the tug Leathem,to allow water in.
                   Burned wreck & cargo purchased from the underwriters by
                 Leathem & Smith.
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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1887, 1891
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1891
         Detroit Free Press - 19 October 1896
         Door County Advocate - 24 October 1896
         History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I - p. 772, 775