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    VESSEL NAME:   Frank D. Barker
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   9165
    DATE OF LOSS:  22 September 1887
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Spider Island
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       S. Johnson*, Clayton, N.Y. - 1867
    OWNER(S):      Wilford
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       304.77 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    137 x 26 x 12
    CASUALTIES:    none mentioned

                   Early reports that speculated the stranded BARKER
                could be easily released were proven wrong when the tugs
                NELSON, SPAULDING and EVENSON, all pulling together, failed
                to free the schooner in the latter part of October. Later
                reports claimed, in error, that she had been released. In
                fact heavy seas had thrown her onto another part of the
                reef and left her lying on her beam ends with her cabin and
                all her after part gone. It was decided that she was worth
                no further effort.


                   *One source says built by John Cantwell at Clayton.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1874, 1878, 1881,
         Polks Marine Directory - 1884
         Buffalo Courier - 13 October 1888
         Door County Advocate - 29 October 1888
         Marine Record - 15 November 1888
         Childs Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y. - 1890