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    VESSEL NAME:   James B. Colgate
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   77019
    DATE OF LOSS:  21 October 1916
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, abt. 18 miles SW of Long Point
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, whaleback
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       American Steel Barge Co., W. Superior, WI - 1892
    OWNER(S):      Standard Transit Co., Duluth, MN
    MASTER:        Capt. Walter Grashaw
    TONNAGE:     1,713 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  308 x 38 x 24
    CASUALTIES:  reports vary: 22 - 25, Only Capt. Grashaw survived

                 Shortly after midnight the JAMES B. COLGATE steamed away
              from the Lehigh Valley coal dock, at Buffalo, laden with coal
              for Fort William, Ontario. Sunk by the same storm that took
              down the MERIDA, MARSHALL F. BUTTERS and D. L. FILER.
              Capt. Gershaw spent thirty-four hours on a raft before being
              rescued by the carferry MARQUETTE & BESSEMER #2.


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Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier - 25 October 1916
         The Reading (PA) Eagle - 23 October 1916
         Swayze, David D. "SHIPWRECK!" - 1992
         Wise, James Jr., "Sole Survivors of the Sea" - 2013
         Blue Book of American Shipping - 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1904