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    VESSEL NAME:   Sophia Bonner
    OTHER NAME(s): somes seen as Sophie Bonner
    OFFICIAL NO:   115402
    DATE OF LOSS:  28 September 1888
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 18 mi. NE of Milwaukee
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       at St. James, Beaver island - 1875
    OWNER(S):      John Watt & John Rooney, Ludington
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       36.98 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    65 x 18.5 x 6
    CASUALTIES:    0
    
                    Casized and sunk in a gale. No loss of life
                    mentioned.  Had recently been purchased at
                    a Marshall's sale.

     May 12, 1888 - badly water-logged in mid-lake. Assisted by White
                    River lifesaving crew. Bound Ludington to Milwaukee
                    with slabs.
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Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884, 1886, 1888
         Merchant Vessel List - 1877, 1878, 1886, 1887
         Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1889
         Wisconsin's Underwater Heritage, Vol. 20, No. 1 - March 2010