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    VESSEL NAME:   Fontana
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   120713
    DATE OF LOSS:  4 August 1900
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision  
    LOCATION:      Opposite Fort Gratiot lighthouse
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, schooner-barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Simon Langell Shipyard, St. Clair, MI - 1888
    OWNER(S):      St. Clair Steamship Co.
    MASTER:        Capt. George McCoy
    TONNAGE:       1,163.65 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    240' x 39' x 20'
    CASUALTIES:    1 (?)

                   FONTANA was downbound in tow of the steamer
               KALIYUGA when the pair met the upbound steamer
               APPOMATTOX with the barge SANTIAGO in tow. The SANTIAGO
               suddenly took a sheer (it was said she was a hard steerer)
               and struck the FONTANA a severe blow, holing her bow, and
               sending her to the bottom. A goodly portion of her aft
               section remained jutting up from the river, making her
               a serious threat to navigation. A few days after the
               collision the schooner KINGFISHER, in tow of the steamer
               SAMUEL MARSHALL, collided with the wreckage even though
               it was well marked. The wreckage slowly settled into the
               mud but, still being a danger, was blown up to eliminate
               further catastrophe.

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Sources: Marine Record, 5 July 1888
         The Daily Herald, Port Huron, MI - 4 August 1900
         Saginaw Courier-Herald, 5 August 1900
         Detroit Free Press - 6 August 1900
         Marine Review - 23 August 1900
         Greenwood, John Orville - "Namesakes, 1900 - 1909"