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    VESSEL NAME:   John Pridgeon, Jr.
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   75756
    DATE OF LOSS:  18 September 1909
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Cleveland
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, bulk freighter
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. P. Clark Co., Detroit - 1875
    OWNER(S):      Frank Roneker
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:     1,211.88 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  221.42 x 36.25 x 17 (depth reduced to 10' in 1902)
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:

                 On October 14, 1886, the JOHN PRIDGEON, JR., rank into
              and sank the propeller SELAH CHAMBERLAIN on Lake Michigan.
              Two days later the PRIDGEON was seized  by U.S. Marhals and
              libeled for $65,000.

                 September 18, 1909, the PRIDGEON developed a serious
              leak during a strong storm on Lake Erie and foundered.
              Crew was taken off by a passing steamer and landed at
              Cleveland.




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Sources: Annual Report of the Steamboat Inspection Service, 1910
         Greenwood "Namesakes 1900 - 1909", p. 427
         Merchant Vessel List - 1883
         Beeson's Inland Marine Guide, 1891
         USGenNet Great Lakes Maritime History,
            shipwreck file - Chamberlain, Selah