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    VESSEL NAME:    A. T. Bliss
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    29925
    DATE OF LOSS:   5 November 1903
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Storm
    LOCATION:       Lake Michigan, 10-12 niles off Ludington
    RIG TYPE:       Barge, lumber and stone
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Thomas Arnold, E. Saginaw, MI. - 1881
    OWNER(S):       Sturgeon Bay Stone Co.
    MASTER:         -
    TONNAGE:        437 gt
    DIMENSIONS:     168 x 30 x 10
    CASUALTIES:     none

                    Left Sturgon Bay, WI., in the early afternoon of
                 November 5th in tow of the tug SYDNEY T. SMITH. The
                 pair were overtaken by a storm and the tow line parted.
                 The SMITH ran to Ludington for aid while the BLISS went to
                 anchor.  P.M careferry no. 18 towed the Ludington life-
                 saving crew to the scene and illuminated the barge with
                 her searchlights while the lifesavers effected the rescue
                 of the 2 men aboard the sinking BLISS.

                    Built a two-masted schooner-barge. Lost both masts
                 and her deckload in an 1895 storm on Lake Michigan. Later
                 photographs show only one mast.

                    Damage to rigging and bulwarks at Chicago when the
                 mechanism on the 12th street bridge malfunctioned,
                 allowing the bridge to continue turning and crashing into
                 the BLISS as she was being towed through the draw.

                    Cut by ice on Lake Michigan in December, 1901, and
                 towed into Chicago in a waterlogged condition. Found
                 bottom in the Chicago river near the Wells and Clark
                 street bridges, blocking the channel until lightered and
                 released.



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Sources: Buffalo Courier, 3 August 1899
         Chicago Tribune, 24 December 1901
         Ludington Record-Appeal, 5 November 1903
         Chicago Tribune - 6 November 1903
         Cleveland Herald, 24 May 1881
         Buffalo Evening News - 1 October 1895
         Merchant Vessel List - 1902