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    VESSEL NAME:   Jane Mason
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   76139
    DATE OF LOSS:  30 October 1889
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, Oscoa, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. Huxtable, Sand Beach, MI - 1880
    OWNER(S):      Betz, East Tawas
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       33 gt (reb. 1889 48 gt)
    DIMENSIONS:    59.5 x 15.3 x 5.8
    CASUALTIES:    None mentioned
    
                   Was making for the river during a storm and struck a
                bar while attempting to avoid the tug O'brien with the
                schooner SEA BIRD in tow. The MASON quickly broke in two


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Sources: Iosco (MI) County Gazette, 7 November 1889
         Merchant Vessel List - 1889
         Swayze, David D. "Shipwreck!" - 1992