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    VESSEL NAME:   Christine Nilsson
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   125293
    DATE OF LOSS:  24 October 1884
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Baileys Harbor, Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masted
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Hanson & Scove, Manitowoc - 1871
    OWNER(S):      Charles M. Lindgren, Chicago
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:     311 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  139 x 26 x 11.4
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   0

                 Burned at Chicago in 1871 and declared a total loss.
                 
                 Bound for Chicago from Escanaba with pig iron when she
              struck the north reef at Baileys Harbor during a storm.
              The crew took to the yawl and reached shore in safety but
              the Nilsson was a total loss.
              
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Sources: R. L. Polk Marine Directory - 1884
         Marine Record, 30 October 1884
         Merchant Vessel List, 1884
         Wenstadt "Freighters of Manitowoc" - p. 36