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    VESSEL NAME:    Ohio
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    19438
    DATE OF LOSS:   26 September 1894
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Collision
    LOCATION:       Lake Huron, ten miles north of Presque Isle
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        John F. Squires, Huron, OH., 1875
    OWNER(S):       C. W. Elphicke
    MASTER:
    TONNAGE:        1101,81 gt, 850.82 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     202.2 x 35 x 18.5
    CASUALTIES:


                    When enrolled at Sandusky, OH., in 1875, she was the
                  first four-masted vessel sailing the Great Lakes.

                    OHIO was sunk as a result of collision with schooner
                  barge IRONTON. The impact cut the OHIO to the water's
                  edge abreast of the boiler house and she went down quickly.
                  Her crew of 16 took to the boats and were picked up by
                  the schooner-barge MOONLIGHT, which had been in tow of
                  the steamer C. J. KERSHAW.
                  The IRONTON had also been in tow of the same steamer
                  when the steamer's engines broke down and the tow line was
                  cast off.
                    Loaded with flour and feed from Duluth to Ogdensburg
                  at the time.

                    In 1887 the OHIO was crushed between the steamers
                  MATHER and SIBERIA off the Soo river. Insurance paid
                  a loss of $60,000 and another $20,000 to get the wreck
                  afload. Rebuilt at Bay City, MI.

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Sources: Detroit Free Press, 27 September 1894
         Marine Record, 27 September 1894
         Times Herald, Port Huron, MI., 27 September 1894
         Merchant Vessel List - 1887