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    VESSEL NAME:   Badger
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   3156
    DATE OF LOSS:  24 October 1899
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off Cedar River, Green Bay
    RIG TYPE:      Scow-schooner, 2 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Peter Johnson, Ft. Howard, WI., 1881
    OWNER(S):      J. Kirtland and others, Green Bay, WI
    MASTER:        Capt. Aldrich
    TONNAGE:       65 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    80 x 20.6 x 4.4
    CASUALTIES:    None

                   Loaded with hemlock for A. W. Lawrence of Sturgeon Bay,
                   the BADGER waterlogged and her stern was torn to pieces
                   near Cedar River. Value $2,000. Entire crew was rescued.


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Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1891, 1899
         Merchant Vessel List - 1896, 1899
         Port Huron Daily Times - 26 October 1899
         The Marine Review - 21 December 1899