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    VESSEL NAME:    Jane Miller
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    78022 (Can)
    DATE OF LOSS:   24 November 1881
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Foundered 
    LOCATION:       Colpoy's Bay, Georgian Bay
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Crop, Little Current, Ont., 1879
    OWNER(S):       Capt. Andrew Port (Post?)
    MASTER:         Capt. Andrew Port (Post?)
    TONNAGE:        210 gt
    DIMENSIONS:     79 x 18 x 7.50
    CASUALTIES:     28 (all)

                    Left Owen Sound with passengers and a load of 
                  merchandise for points on the south shore of
                  Manitoulin Island and was never seen again. The tug
                  TOMMY WRIGHT was sent in search of her and reported 
                  finding a large amount of her wreckage. It was believed 
                  she foundered not more than a mile out of Colpay's Bay.
                  
                  Partial list of those lost:
                  (NOTE: the captain's name is shown in different news
                   articles as being PORT, POST and FORT)
                   
                  Andrew Fort - Captain
                  Richard Fort - Mate
                  Frederick Fort - Purser
                  J. Christianson - Engineer
                  Alexander Scales - Wheelsman
                  Gilbert Corbett - 
                   * Left a widow and eight children.
                  4 unknown deck hands
                  
                  Entire crew said to have resided at Wiarton, Ont.
                  The captain left a widow, two sons and a daughter.
                  
                  Passengers -
                  James Walker
                  J. Walton
                  Lyman. Vader
                  James Hallock
                  James Gillespie
                  L. Burtchart & wife
                  10 unknown lumber labors
                  All above belong to the city of Owen Sound and Meaford.

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Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 5 & 6 December 1881
         The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Union - 6 December 1881
         The New York Times - 5 December 1881
         The Buffalo Evening News - 6 December 1881
         The New York Sun - 6 December 1881
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, BGSU