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    VESSEL NAME:   John S. Richards
    OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen only as J. S. Richards
    OFFICIAL NO:   75151
    DATE OF LOSS:  1 August 1900
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision  
    LOCATION:      Detroit River
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       at Conneaut, OH - 1869
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Anthony T. May
    MASTER:        Capt. Anthony T. May
    TONNAGE:       273.41 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    137.9 x 26.8 x 11.8
    CASUALTIES:    2 of 6
    
                   The steel steamer JOHN W. MOORE, bound up, took a sheer,
                by reason of the wheel becoming clogged, and collided with
                the schooner J. S. RICHARDS, in the Detroit River, sinking
                the latter. The RICHARDS and the LAKE FOREST were being
                towed down the lakes by the tug CRESSELL at the time. She
                was loaded with pig iron at the time, which was salvaged.
                Her wreck was pulled onto the shoals at the foot of Belle
                Isle in hopes of raising and rebuilding her. It was found
                that the damage to her hull was damaged beyond repair. The
                previous winter she had been laid up and rebuilt at the
                cost of $1,000, yet she carried no insurance.


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Sources: The Daily Herald, Port Huron, MI - 1 August 1900
         Detroit Free Press, 12 August 1900
         Merchant Vessel Lists: 1870, '71, '72, '73, '75, '76, '77, '78,
                                '79, 1900