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    VESSEL NAME:   Grace A. Green
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   10887
    REASON:        Storm
    DATE OF LOSS:  5 November 1869
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, at South Haven
    RIG TYPE:      Scow-schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Stevens, Cattaraugus, N.Y. - 1857
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Wm. Johnson
    MASTER:        same
    TONNAGE:       68 t.
    LENGTH:        78 ft.
    BEAM:          20 ft.
    DEPTH:          6 ft.
    CASUALTIES:     0
    SURVIVORS:      ?
    
    
          1857 - owned by Mr. Green, a diver, of Buffalo.  Struck the
                 West Pier at Buffalo and knocked a hole in her bottom.
    
          1864 - owned by Wm. Larson at Chicago.  Given a "C" rating
                 and valued at $1,500.
                 
      May 1869 - Thrown upon her beam ends while attempting to reach
                 Chicago harbor under canvas.  Righted again and got
                 inside with three feet of water in her hold.
   
   Nov 5, 1869 - Went ashore at South Haven, MI in a storm and declared
                 a total loss.
   
   *NOTE: Still on Merchant Vessel List for the year ending 31 Dec 1878.

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Sources: Register of Ships of the Lakes, 1864 - p.45
         Annual Report of the Board of Trade, City of Chicago, 1868; p. 99
         House Documents, Vol. 265 - Disasters on the Lakes, 1869
         Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes, 1869 - Capt. J. W. Hall
         Congressional Edition, vol. 1431, 1870; p. 23
         House Documents, vol. 265, 1870; p. 5