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    VESSEL NAME:    C. F. Curtis
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    34126
    DATE OF LOSS:   19 Nov. 1914
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Foundered 
    LOCATION:       Lake Superior, abt. 20 mi. north of Grand Marais, MI
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller, steam screw
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        David Lester, Marine City, MI - 1882
    OWNER(S):       Edward Hines Lumber Co.
    MASTER:         Capt. J. G. Jennings, Detroit, MI
    TONNAGE:        691 gt, 522 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     196.5 x 32.4 x 13
    CASUALTIES:     14 (all)
    
                   The C. F. CURTIS and consorts, ANNIE M. PETERSON and
                  SELDON E. MARVIN, were bound for Tonawanda, N.Y., with
                  lumber loaded at Baraga, MI. Storm warnings had been
                  displayed and a heavy northwest gale was already blowing
                  when the trio left Baraga. In the blinding snow and howling 
                  winds the CURTIS fought its way into Munising harbor, but,
                  upon reaching safety Capt. Jennings was horrified to
                  find that the PETERSON had broken her tow line some-
                  where out in the storm. Many vessel masters would have 
                  most likely grimly accepted the loss but Capt. Jennings, 
                  risking ships and crews, turned back out into a storm
                  that would be one of the worst that Lake Superior has
                  ever seen to search for the missing PETERSON. Both
                  vessels were lost with all hands.
                  
                  Among the lost:
                  Capt. J. G. Jennings, Detroit, MI
                  Alvid Ohman, mate, 65 Morgan st., Tonawanda, N.Y.
                  Glen Campbell, Chief Engineer, Green Bay, WI
                  Julius Noll, Ass't Engineer, Sturgeon Bay, WI
                  August Schwansferger, deckhand, Grove st., Tonawanda, N.Y.
                  Andrew Anderson, deckhand, Cleveland, OH
                  Sigwalt --, Cleveland, OH
                  


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Sources: The Unionville (MI) Crescent - 27 Nov 1914
         Detroit Free Press - 22 Nov 1914
         The Buffalo Times - 22 Nov 1914
         Door County Democrat - 27 Nov 1914
         Merchant Vessel Lists - 1913, 1915 (vessel losses)