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    NAME: Erin
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    REASON: Collision
    DATE:  31 May 1906
    LOCATION: St. Clair River
    TYPE: propeller
    HULL TYPE: wooden
    BUILDER: Joseph Shickluna, St. Catherines, Ont., 1881
    OWNER: Thomas Conlon, Thorold, Ont.
    MASTER: 
    TONNAGE: 335 gt
    LENGTH: 
    BEAM: 
    DEPTH: 
    CASUALTIES: 5
    SURVIVORS: 

                      Loaded with 8000 tons of coal, and towing
                      the schooner Danforth, the Erin was en 
                      route from St. Catherines to Algoma Mills
                      when a heavy fog was encountered on the
                      St. Clair River.  When just below St.
                      Clair the steamer J. B. Cowle suddenly
                      emerged from the fog and collided with
                      the Erin, cutting her in half.  Boats 
                      were lowered from the Danforth to rescue 
                      survivors, with the Anchor Line steamer
                      ALASKA assisting.
                      
                      
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Sources: Buffalo Times, 31 May 1906
         Buffalo Evening News, 4 June 1906
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes