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    VESSEL NAME:    Kate Lyons
    OTHER NAME(s):  --
    OFFICIAL NO:    14063
    REASON:         Storm
    DATE OF LOSS:   19 October 1905
    LOCATION:       Lake Michigan, at Holland, MI
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner, 2 mast
    HULL TYPE:      Wooden
    BUILDER:        1866 by Wm. Jones, at Black River, OH
    OWNER(S):       Capt. Oscar Henderson
    MASTER:         Capt. Oscar Henderson
    TONNAGE:        201 gt
    LENGTH:         122
    BEAM:            26
    DEPTH:            8
    CASUALTIES:       0
    SURVIVORS:        4


                  Bound St. Joseph to Manistee when caught in a storm.
               Tried to make Holland harbor but missed the entrance, going
               ashore 20 feet north of the north pier where she broke up.
               Crew rescued by Life-Savers.


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 SOURCES: Detroit Free Press, 22 December 1866 (new vessel)          
          Buffalo Daily Courier, 25 September 1866
          Merchant Vessel List; 1904, 1906
          Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal, 19 October 1905
          St. Joseph Daily Press, 20 October 1905