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    VESSEL NAME:    Milwaukee
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    17984
    DATE OF LOSS:   8 July 1886
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Collision 
    LOCATION:       abt. 30 mi. off Muskegon, MI., Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Keating, Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1868
    OWNER(S):       Lyman Gates Mason, Muskegon, MI
    MASTER:         Capt. Armstrong
    TONNAGE:        419.11 gt
    DIMENSIONS:     135.42 x 26 x 10.75
    CASUALTIES:     1

                    Rebuilt at Grand Haven, MI., 1883.
                    Tonnage change 276.79 gt

                    Cleared Chicago, light, for Muskegon on 8 July, 1886
                  to pick up another cargo of lumber. Sunk by collision
                  with the steam barge HICKOX abt. 30 miles off Saugatuck,
                  MI. Neither of the vessel captains slowed or gave proper
                  signals and both lost their licenses for a period of time.
                  

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List: 1881
         Chicago Tribune - 8 July 1886
         The Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI - 16 July 1886