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    VESSEL NAME:   John B. Cowle
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   77559
    DATE OF LOSS:  12 July 1909
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, Whitefish Bay
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Jenks Shipbuilding, Port Huron, MI - 1902
    OWNER(S):      Cowle Transportation Co., Cleveland, OH
    MASTER:        Capt. W. G. Rogers of Henderson, N.Y.
    TONNAGE:       4731 gross, 3911 net
    DIMENSIONS:    420 x 50.16 x 24
    CASUALTIES:    14 of 24


                      Launched October 2, 1902 at the yards of Jenks
                    Shipbuilding Co., Port Huron, MI.

                      May 31, 1906 - collided with steamer ERIN on
                    St. Clair River, cutting the ERIN in half.

                      The JOHN B. COWLE had sailed from Buffalo loaded
                    with coal for the upper lakes and  was on her return
                    trip from Two Harbors to Cleveland with a belly full of
                    iron ore when,  in a dense fog off Whitefish Bay, was
                    rammed  amidships by the upbound ISAAC M. SCOTT, which
                    was on her maiden voyage.

                      In the aftermath Captain W. G. Rogers and Pilot
                    Edmund E. Carlton, of the JOHN B. COWLE, were relieved
                    from duty for 30 days for violating rule 15 of the
                    pilot rules (proceeding too fast for foggy weather
                    conditions.) Pilot F. W. Wertheimer, of the ISAAC M.
                    SCOTT, was suspended for one year.

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Sources: Port Huron Daily Times, Oct 2, 1902
         Merchant Vessel List, 1903
         Merchant Vessel List, 1910
         Buffalo Evening News, July 13, 1909
         Calumet News, November 11, 1909
         Watertown Daily Times, March 5, 1910
         Beeson's Marine Directory - 1910
         Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers - 1910
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes