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    VESSEL NAME:   Russia
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   110063
    DATE OF LOSS:  30 April 1909
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Point Detour, WI
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller,
    HULL TYPE:     Iron
    BUILDER:       Gibson & Craig, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1872
    OWNER(S):      C. O. Duncan, Port Huron, MI
    MASTER:        Capt. John McLean, of Port Huron
    TONNAGE:       1501.77 gt, 1334.57 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    231,58 x 35.58 x 13.35
    CASUALTIES:    none

                   Bound for Duluth on her first trip of
                 the season when her cargo shifted in a 
                 storm and she began to fill. Captain and
                 crew of 22 took to the small boats and
                 managed to ride it out.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List: 1909 (losses)
         Buffalo Evening Post - 21 Aug 1872
         Buffalo Sunday Morning News - 2 May 1909
         Racine Journal Times - 1 May 1909