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    VESSEL NAME:   John M. Osborn
    OTHER NAME(s): none - sometimes seen as J. M. Osborn or Osborne
    OFFICIAL NO:   76307
    DATE OF LOSS:  27 July 1884
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, "steam-barge," bulk freight, iron ore
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Morley Bros., Marine City, MI - 1882
    OWNER(S):      H. J. Webb & Co., et. al
    MASTER:        Capt. Thomas Wilford
    TONNAGE:       891.02 gt, 710.95 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    178 x 32 x 14
    CASUALTIES:    3

                   The OSBORN and her two consorts, THOMAS GAWN and GEORGE
                W. DAVIS, left Marquette on the morning of the 27th loaded
                with iron ore for Ashtabula, OH. At about half past nine,
                in a dense fog, the JOHN M. OSBORN was run down by the much
                larger Canadian steel steamer ALBERTA. The OSBORN was cut
                nearly in two and sank within a few minutes. Survivors,
                including the captain's wife and children, were picked up
                by the GAWN and DAVIS.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1883, 1885
         Port Huron Daily Times, 18 May 1882
         Buffalo Courier, 30 July 1884
         Buffalo Evening News, 31 July 1884
         The Federal Reporter, Vol 23, March-June, 1885