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    VESSEL NAME:   Joseph Barber
    OTHER NAME(s): (also seen as Joe Barber or J. Barber)
    OFFICIAL NO:   12981
    DATE OF LOSS:  19 July 1871
    REASON:        Fire
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 25 miles west of St. Joseph
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Luther Moses, Cleveland, 1856
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Selah Dustin, Detroit
    MASTER:        Capt. James F. Snow
    TONNAGE:    302 gt
    DIMENSIONS: 140 x 24 x ?
    CASUALTIES: *
    SURVIVORS:  *

               Left Benton Harbor with a cargo of fruit (strawberries or
            peaches) bound for Chicago at about 9 p.m.  Shortly after
            midnight, when off St. Joseph, fire was discovered near the
            smoke stack.  The fire quickly turned into an inferno causing
            the crew and passengers to abandon the craft by whatever means
            at their disposal.  The steamers A. C. VAN RAALTE, CORONA, and
            SKYLARK, all of the Goodrich line, hastened to the rescue as
            flames lit the night sky.
                Sources vary as to loss of life (2 - 5) and survivors
            (18 - 30).

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Sources: East Shore News (Pentwater, MI), 28 July 1871
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 21 July 1871
         Merchant Vessel List, 1871

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