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    VESSEL NAME:   Charles F. Foster
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   125581
    DATE OF LOSS:  9 December 1900
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Presque Isle
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner-barge, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Milan, OH - 1876
    OWNER(S):      James Corrigan, Cleveland
    MASTER:      ?
    TONNAGE:     997.84 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  227 x 36 x 15
    CASUALTIES:  8 (all)
    SURVIVORS:   0

                 Bound Superior, WI., to Erie, PA., with iron ore in tow of
              the steamer IRON DUKE when the pair encountered a savage
              winter gale with blinding snow.  When about 10 miles off Erie
              the FOSTER suddenly dove for the bottom with no warning,
              snapping her towline as she went.  A mast thought to belong
              to the FOSTER was reported projecting 5 feet above the water
              9 miles N 82° W true from Presque Isle Light Station and was
              considered a dangerous obstruction to vessels.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1885
         Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes - 1899
         Detroit Free Press, 11 December 1900
         The Canada Gazette, 1901 - p. 136
         Annual Report of the U.S.L.S. - 1902


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