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    VESSEL NAME:   Nashua
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   18537
    DATE OF LOSS:  4 October 1892
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, near Bayfield, Ont.
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Quayle & Lafrinier, Cleveland - 1868
    OWNER(S):      Sturdevant Lumber Co., Cleveland
    MASTER:        Capt. Richard Millen or Miller
    TONNAGE:       298.17 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    134.4 x 25.9 x 11.6
    CASUALTIES:    15 (all)
    SURVIVORS:      0

                  In October, 1891, NASHUA was bound Ashtabula to Racine
               with the NEWSBOY, THOMAS PARSONS and WM. YOUNG in tow.  All
               were coal laden.  The entire voyage was reported later by
               Capt. Millen as a terrible trip all around, having fought
               wind and wave nearly the entire way.  The THOMAS PARSONS
               only survived as far as Fairport, OH., when her towline
               broke and she foundered.  The WM. YOUNG made it as far as
               the Straits when she was seen to suddenly sink.

                  On October 4, 1892, NASHUA was bound for Toledo with
               lumber and the barge RYAN in tow when the pair encountered a
               strong northwest gale.  NASHUA had lost her deckload of
               lumber and was rolling heavily in the trough of the sea with
               her machinery disabled when she let go the barge's tow line.
               The RYAN made port but nothing more was seen of NASHUA until
               the next day when she was found by the tug HOWARD capsized
               eight miles off Bayfield, Ontario.  Later investigation
               showed that the starboard side from 50 feet aft of amidships
               to the stern had been completely carried away and it was
               supposed that her boiler had broken loose and went through
               her side.

               Among the lost were:
               Capt. Richard Miller & wife
               Archibald Muir, pilot, of Port Huron, MI
               Charles Brockway, mate, of Brockway, MI
               John Putnam, first engineer, Detroit, MI
               
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Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 13 August 1868
         Detroit Free Press, 6 October 1891
         Merchant Vessel List, 1891
         Buffalo Enquirer - October 5, 7, 10, 1892
         Swayze "SHIPWRECK" p. 165