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    VESSEL NAME:   Manistee
    OTHER NAME(s): Lora (1897), Alice Stafford (1905)
    OFFICIAL NO:   140537
    DATE OF LOSS:  28 June 1914*
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Fire 
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Ferrysburg, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, freight & passengers
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. H. Randall, Benton Harbor, MI - 1882
    OWNER(S):      owned at Chicago
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       843 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    202 x 32 x 21.9
    CASUALTIES:    none
    
                   Burned at her dock at Ferrysburg, MI
                   
                   As LORA, rebuilt and lengthened by Milwaukee Dry
                 Dock in 1897. Name changed to ALICE STAFFORD.
                 
                   6 April 1905 - Purchased by J. O. Nessen, of Manistee,
                 at Marshall's sale at the closing out of the
                 Barry-Muskegon line. Name changed to MANISTEE.
                   
                 *Sometimes seen in error as January 28, 1914. During
                 that week the MANISTEE was at the Chicago Shipbuilding
                 Co's yard for general repairs and not wintered at
                 Ferrysburg, MI.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1913, 1914 (losses)
         Blue Book of American Shipping - 1903
         St. Joseph Herald - numerous articles as "Lora"
         Buffalo Courier - 10 May 1905
         Door County Advocate - 27 May 1905
         Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 29 January 1914
         Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 2 July 1914
         Marine Record - 15 April 1897