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    VESSEL NAME:   Frank Perew
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   9203
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 September 1891
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masted
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Quayle & Martin, Cleveland - 1867
    OWNER(S):      J. W. Moore and A. S. Pierson
    MASTER:        Capt. J. M. Marquey, Bay City, MI
    TONNAGE:       524 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    174.16 x 30.66 x 13.16
    CASUALTIES:  6
    SURVIVORS:   1

                     Bound to Marquette with coal in tow of the steamer
                 N. K. FAIRBANKS, when the tow line was snapped or cast off
                 during a severe northwest gale.  Howling winds snatched
                 away the hatch cloths allowing the heavy seas to enter the
                 hold.  The crew took to the yawl where they were tossed
                 about for several hours until capsized when about 40 rods
                 off Parisienne island.  The lone survivor, Charles Larabee
                 of Buffalo, spent two days on the island without food
                 until rescued by a fishing boat.  The fishing boat picked
                 up the bodies of the rest of the crew from along the beach
                 and took them to Sault Ste. Marie.

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Sources: Mansfield, "History of the Great Lakes," Vol. I
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green, OH
         Hamilton (Ohio) Daily Democrat, 3 October 1891