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    VESSEL NAME:   Rutherford B. Hayes
    OTHER NAME(s): - (frequently seen only as R. B. Hayes)
    OFFICIAL NO:   110338
    DATE OF LOSS:  20 April 1893
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, abt. 30 mi. N.E. of Chicago
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner-barge, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Linn & Craig, Gibralter, MI - 1877
    OWNER(S):      J. C. Gilchrist, Cleveland
    MASTER:        Capt. S. P. Minsky
    TONNAGE:       668.86 gt, 635.45 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    147.5 x 24 x 14.2
    CASUALTIES:    0 of 10

                   R. B. HAYES and F. L. DANFORTH cleared Chicago at
                6 p.m. in tow of the steamer A. P. WRIGHT bound for Buffalo
                with corn. Within hours they encountered an easterly gale.
                It was near midnight when the trio were torn asunder by the
                roaring wind and waves. The Danforth was blown ashore. The
                crew of the R. B. HAYES were taken off by the steamer and
                returned to Chicago.  This was the same storm that claimed
                twenty lives as is smashed the intake crib at Milwaukee.


                  8 June 1882 - In collision with the schooner LIZZIE LAW
                on Lake Huron while in tow of the tug JOHN MARTIN.
                Libel against R. B. HAYES dismissed.

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Sources: Cleveland Herald, 19 October 1877
         Law v. Baker and others - The Federal Reporter Vol 26, 1886
         R. L. Polk & Co. Marine Directory of the Great Lakes, 1888
         The Milwaukee Journal, 20 April 1893
         Buffalo Enquirer, 21 April 1893
         Chicago Tribune, 24 April 1893
         Merchant Vessel List - 1884
         Mansfield, J. B. "History of the Great Lakes"