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    VESSEL NAME:   Lucerne
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   15914
    DATE OF LOSS:  17 November 1886
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Chequamegon Pt.
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Parsons & Humble, Tonawanda, N.Y. - 1873
    OWNER(S):      Capt. James Corrigan, Cleveland
    MASTER:        Capt. George L. Lloyd
    TONNAGE:       727.9 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    194.9 x 33.4 x 13.8
    CASUALTIES:    9 - 10 [all]

                   The LUCERNE left Ashland, WI., on the 15th with
                 1,256 tons of iron ore on board bound for Cleveland.
                 The barometer was indicating good weather as she headed
                 for the Soo where she expected to meet up with the steamer
                 RALEIGH. Driven back by a northeast headwind the LUCERNE
                 headed for the shelter of Chequamegon Bay but never made
                 it. Her anchor was dropped about a mile from the light
                 house where she was found lying stern on to the beach,
                 pounded to pieces with three of her crew dead in the
                 rigging.


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Sources: R. L. Polk & Co., Marine Directory - 1884
         (Minneapolis) Star Tribune - 20 November 1886
         Chicago Tribune - 1 January 1887
         Marine Record - 9 December 1886