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    VESSEL NAME:   Charles Hebard
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   126491
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 November 1902
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, Point Mamainse
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, steambarge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. Oades, Detroit, 1888
    OWNER(S):      Holland &  Graves, Buffalo, N.Y.
    MASTER:        Capt. George C. Ryan, Detroit
    TONNAGE:       763 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    184 x 34.3 x 13.6
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   The HEBARD left West Superior with the barges ALOHA,
                G. H. WARMINGTON and JOHN A. FRANCOMB in tow and were
                soon overtaken by a terrible westerly gale. After losing
                her tows the HEBARD tried in vain to hold its course for
                Whitefish point as she ran before the storm. She was driven
                off course by the storm and, in the darkness and blinding
                snow, the lookout suddenly discovered that they were in the
                breakers off Point Mamainse. Once she struck, the HEBARD
                quickly turned broadside to the beach and began to pound to
                pieces.
                   The yawl boats were frozen to the rigging and impossible
                to launch. Their only means of escape was a small, flat
                bottomed boat used by the crew for fishing in port which
                immediately filled when dropped over the side. First mate
                Peter Burrell and Second mate A. Jackson, risking all,
                fastened lines about their bodies and went over the side to
                bail out their little rescue craft. Once done they battled
                through the breakers to the rocky shore where, with help
                from Oscar Carlson and his sons, keeper of an old copper
                mine nearby, lines were jury rigged and the remainder of
                the crew brought to safety in a make-shift breeches buoy.

                The crew included:
                George S. Ryan, captain
                Wm. Schumacher, 1st engineer
                Joseph Ray, 2d engineer
                Peter Burrell, first mate
                A. Jackson, second mate
                John Kortass, watchman
                Neil Fay, watchman
                Wm. Eagan, fireman
                Ed. Hughes, fireman
                George Turpin, deckhand
                Mathew Hudson, deckhand
                Jennie Barnes, cook.
                Charles Barton, wheelsman
                Thomas Eastman, wheelsman


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Sources: Alpena Evening News - 2 December 1902
         Milwaukee Journal - 2 December 1902
         Chicago Tribune - 3 December 1902
         Merchant Vessel List - 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900