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    VESSEL NAME:   Sylvanus J. Macy
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   115784
    DATE OF LOSS:  23 November 1902
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Port Burwell, Ont.
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freighter
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Morley & Hill, Marine City, MI - 1881
    OWNER(S):      P. J. Ralph & Co., Detroit
    MASTER:        Capt. Myron Wheeler Gotham
    TONNAGE:    548.42 gt
    LENGTH:     164 ft
    BEAM:        31 ft
    DEPTH:       11 ft
    CASUALTIES:  13
    SURVIVORS:    0

               Bound from Buffalo to Kenosha with schooner-barge MABLE
            WILSON in tow, both loaded with coal, when set upon by a
            furious soutwest gale.  60 year old Capt. Myron W. Gotham's
            brother, 52 year old James E. Gotham, was at the helm of the
            WILSON.  The tow line to the WILSON was cast off as the storm
            hammered the pair, the WILSON raising sail and finally reaching
            safety in the lee of Bar Point.  Capt. J. E. GOTHAM watched
            helplessly as his brother's boat plunged under the water.

            CREW LIST:
            Myron W. Gotham, Captain, Highland City, WI
            Myron A. Gotham, Mate (age 22, son of the captain)
            Lucius R. Gotham, lookout (age 18, son of the captain)
            W. F. Gregory, First Engineer, Detroit, MI
            George Webb, Second Engineer, Marine City, MI
            Mrs. M. Granger, Cook
            W. F. Grese, Wheelsman
            William A. Donavan, Wheelsman
            H. St. Clair, Lookout
            Jack Hornby, Fireman
            James Mack, Fireman
            James Hanolly, Deckhand
            James Mahoney, Deckhand


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Sources: Certificate of Enrollment, Detroit
         1870 Federal Census, Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
         1900 Federal Census, Buena Vista, Richland Co., WI
         Buffalo Evening News - 28 November 1902