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    VESSEL NAME:   Washington Irving
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  7th or 8th July 1860
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, between Erie, PA., and Buffalo, N.Y.
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2 masted
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       B.B. Jones at Cleveland - 1844
    OWNER(S):      Scott & Marshall
    MASTER:        Capt. Stephen H. Vannata
    TONNAGE:     111.44 (om)
    DIMENSIONS:  ?
    CASUALTIES:  6 (all)
    SURVIVORS:   0

                 Lost while en route from Erie to Buffalo with a cargo
              of pig iron.  On Monday, July 8th, her white provision
              chest was picked up near Dunkirk by the tug J. B. WHITE.
              Another vessel that had left Erie about the same time as
              the IRVING reported that they did not meet with any
              "boisterous" weather.  It was speculated that she may
              have been in collision with another vessel, however,
              considering that she was classed C2 by the Board of Lake
              Underwriters in 1860, it's more likely that she sprung
              a major leak and went to the bottom quickly.
              
              Among the victims:
              Stephen H. Vannata, Captain, Erie
              Antonia Veary, mate, Erie
              Henry House, Erie
              Owen O'keefe, Buffalo
              Peter Silvery, Erie
              Cornelius Leary, passenger

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Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 30 Aug. 1844
         Buffalo Daily Republic, 16 & 20 July 1860
         Buffalo Daily Courier, 22 March 1861 (vessel losses)
         Board of Lake Underwriters (Vessel Register) - 1860
         Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph, 28 July 1860
         Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes," Vol. I
         
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