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    VESSEL NAME:   Miztec
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   92166
    DATE OF LOSS:  13 May 1921
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, 5 miles northeast of Vermilion Point
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, tow barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. H. Ihnken, Marine City, MI - 1890
    OWNER(S):      O. W. Blodgett, Bay City, MI
    MASTER:        Capt. Knut Pederson, Buffalo, N.Y.
    TONNAGE:       777.10 gt, 738.50 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    194 x 34.5 x 14
    CASUALTIES:    7
    
                   MIZTEC amd PESHTIGO were up-bound from Buffalo to
                 Superior, WI., in tow of the propeller ZILLAH when
                 Lake Superior unleashed a savage storm and caught 
                 the trio. In less than an hour they would have 
                 reached the safety of Whitefish Point. Instead, as
                 one witness told it, "the lights of the MIZTEC
                 suddenly vanished into the sea; it appeared that
                 she simply went to pieces, our line to her was
                 snapped and we were adrift in the inky darkness
                 and with the snow so dense that there was no
                 knowing our location." The ZILLAH barely made it
                 to shelter under Whitefish Point with her boiler
                 rooms knee deep in water. PESTIGO with her rudder
                 smashed, let go two anchors and rode the storm
                 until Sunday morning when ZILLAH went out from
                 behind Whitefish and picked her up.
    
                   The victims:
                   Knut Pederson, Captain, Buffalo, N.Y.
                   Florence Pederson, Cook (not captain's wife)
                   Robert Campbell, Mate, Tonawanda, N.Y.
                   Erick Johnson, seaman
                   Louis Florence, seaman, Bay City
                   John Drecker, Titusville, Pa
                   Clair Fletcher, Sarnia
                   
                 In 1919 MIZTEC was in tow of the steamer MYRON
                 when that ship sunk of Crisp Point with a loss
                 of 18 men.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1909, '10, '20
         Escanaba Morning Press - 15 May 1921
         St. Joseph (MI) Herald Press - 14 June 1921
         Charlevoix County Herald - 20 May 1921
         Buffalo Commercial - 15 October 1921
         Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer - 16 May 1921
         Saginaw News - 20 May 1921