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    VESSEL NAME:   Mary Jane
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   (Can)
    DATE OF LOSS:  14 November 1881
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm, driven ashore
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Dunkirk
    RIG TYPE:      Barkentine
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       L. Shickluna, St. Catherines, Ont. - 1862
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Patrick Flanagan et al.
    MASTER:        Capt. Patrick Flanagan
    TONNAGE:       345 rsg. ton.
    DIMENSIONS:    135 x 23.2 x 12.1
    CASUALTIES:    7 - 9 (all)

                   Was carrying telegraph poles from Port Colborne
                 to Erie, PA., when she was driven ashore in a
                 storm and broke up.

                    Partial list of Crew:
                    Patrick Flanagan, Capt. - Toronto
                    Thomas Harrison, First Mate
                    James Crokin, Sailor - Toronto
                    Thomas Cardon, Sailor - Toronto
                    James Smith, Sailor - Toronto
                    "a colored cook" - Toronto

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Sources:  Buffalo Commercial - 23 November 1881
          Cleveland Herald - 25 November 1881
          Chicago Tribune - 24 November 1881
          Fort Wayne Daily Gazette - 24 November 1881
          Detroit Free Press - 26 November 1881
          Buffalo Evening News - 30 November 1881
          Vessels on the Registry Books of the DOC - 1878