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    VESSEL NAME:   Barge 129
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   53276
    DATE OF LOSS:  13 October 1902
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision 
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, 35 mi. off Vermilion Point
    RIG TYPE:      Barge, whaleback
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       1893
    OWNER(S):      U. S. Steel Corp.
    MASTER:        Capt. Josiah Bailey
    TONNAGE:       1310 gt, 1265 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    292 x 36 x 22
    CASUALTIES:    none
    
                   Sunk by collision with her steamer, the MAUNALOA,
                 in a Lake Superior gale, Her towline parted during
                 the storm. While trying to pick up the barge, the
                 steamer crashed into her, the steamer's port anchor
                 going through the side of the whaleback. Crew were
                 safely removed to the steamer which sunk 15 minutes
                 later.


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Sources: Detroit Free Press - 15 October 1902
         Buffalo Evening News - 14 October 1902
         Port Huron Daily Times - 14 October 1902