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    VESSEL NAME:   Frances Berriman
    OTHER NAME(s):
    OFFICIAL NO:   120067
    DATE OF LOSS:  7 May 1877
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, 20-25 mi SSE from Thunder Bay
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Humble & Parsons, Tonawanda, N.Y. - 1872
    OWNER(S):      Berriman Bros., Buffalo
    MASTER:        Capt. Billy Norris
    TONNAGE:       609.08 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    183 x ? x ?
    CASUALTIES:    2
    
                   Downbound Milwaukee to Buffalo with wheat when
                 involved in a near head on collision with the steam
                 barge DAVID RUST and sunk within 15 minutes.


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Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1877
         Merchant Vessel List - 1874
         National Board Lake Underwriters - 1874
         Detroit Tribune - 10 May 1877