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    NAME: Robert Wallace
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    REASON: Broken stern pipe
    DATE:  November 17, 1902
    LOCATION: Lake Superior, 13 miles off Two Harbors, MN
    TYPE: propeller, freighter
    HULL TYPE: wooden
    BUILDER: William R. Radcliffe, Cleveland, OH - 1882
    OWNER: James Corrigan of Cleveland
    MASTER: 
    TONNAGE: 1189.56 gross
    LENGTH: 209.33 ft
    BEAM: 36.16 ft
    DEPTH: 17.75 ft
    CASUALTIES: 0
    SURVIVORS: 

                       Loaded with iron ore at Superior, WI., 
                     and downward bound for delivery at Cleveland,
                     the Robert Wallace went down when her stern
                     pipe broke. The crew was taken off by her
                     consort, Ashland, which towed into Two 
                     Harbors, MN  by the tug Edna G.
                       Originally thought to have sunk on the
                     Minnesota side of the lake she was found
                     on the Wisconsin side in June, 2004, after
                     resting under 300 ft of water for almost 
                     102 years.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List, 1886
         Port Huron Daily Times, Nov 18, 1902
         Ludington Daily News, July 22, 2004