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    VESSEL NAME:   Sagamore
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   57932
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 July 1901
    REASON:        Collision
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Point Iroquois
    RIG TYPE:      Barge, whaleback
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       American Barge Co., Superior, WI., 1892
    OWNER(S):      Huron Barge Co.
    MASTER:        Ernest C. Joiner
    TONNAGE:     1,601 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  308 x 38 x 24
    CASUALTIES:  2 (some sources say 3 but only two names given in
                    Admiralty)
    SURVIVORS:   -

                 Downbound with ore from Duluth under tow of PATHFINDER.
              Had anchored above the entrance to St. Mary's river due to
              heavy fog when rammed by steamer NORTHERN QUEEN, bound up,
              under full speed.  SAGAMORE sunk within minutes.  Wreck
              located in 1962.

              Casualty list:
              Ernest C. Joiner, captain, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
              Ira Ives, steward
              
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              Ernest C. Joiner was born Nov. 24, 1853 and is buried in
              Evergreen Cemetery, Henderson, N.Y.
              Various written reports spell the surname JOINDER in error.

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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1895
         Buffalo Enquirer, 23 July 1892
         The Federal Reporter, Vol. 117 - 1902
         Swayze "Shipwreck!" - 1992
         Bourrie "Many A Midnight Ship" - 2005
         Zoss "McDougall's Great Lakes Whalebacks" - 2007, p. 40
         1880 & 1900 Federal Census - Henderson, Jefferson Co., N.Y.
         Photograph - Tombstone of Ernest C. Joiner


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