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    VESSEL NAME:   Saveland
    OTHER NAME(s): none
    OFFICIAL NO:   115227
    REASON:        Stranded
    DATE OF LOSS:  22 October 1903
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, just east of Grand Marais
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee, WI., 1873
    OWNER(S):      J. Saveland, Milwaukee, WI (1873-1890)
                   Gaylord Iron Company, et. al., Detroit, MI., (1890-1901)
                   C. H. Ripson, John J. Boland & Capt. David O'Hagan,
                   of Buffalo (1901-1902)
                   Adam Hartman, Tonawanda, N.Y., (1902-1903)
    MASTER:        Capt. McDermott, of Tonawanda, N.Y.
    TONNAGE:       689.66 gt
    LENGTH:        194.9 ft
    BEAM:           33.2 ft
    DEPTH:          13.6 ft
    CASUALTIES:     0
    SURVIVORS:      6
    
             Sep 1874 - Struck on Peche Island, Lake St. Clair.
             
             Aug 1875 - Crewman James Hanson, of Milwaukee, struck on head
                        by main boom and died at Port Huron
             
          27 Sep 1876 - Lost jib and tore off fore gaff during a gale on
                        Lake Huron.  Running back she collided with the
                        schooner LEONARD SEATON, at anchor, off Port Huron.
                        
          25 Oct 1876 - Struck reef at S. Manitou Island. Lost both anchors
                        and sprang a leak.
                        
          26 Mar 1879 - Aground on the bar at Grand Haven. No damage.
          
             
           4 Nov 1884 - Collision on Lake Erie. Run into by barge COMPOUND.
          
          24 Sep 1894 - Upbound, grounded near head of Hay Lake channel. 
                        Released after lightering part of her coal cargo.
                        
         27 July 1896 - Stranded near Vermilion Point, Lake Superior, 
                        while under tow of steamer BYRON WHITAKER.

          22 Oct 1903 - Bound Buffalo for Duluth in tow of propeller
                        GETTYSBURG.  Stranded just east of Grand Marais
                        when tow line broke in heavy weather.

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Sources: Chicago Inter-Ocean, 25 December 1874
         Buffalo Courier & Republic, 19 August 1875
         Report of the Chief Signal Officer, 1876
         Annual Report, US Army Signal Corp, 1880
         Detroit Free Press, 7 November 1884
         Marine Record, 25 December 1884
         Oswego Daily Times, 23 September 1894
         Annual Report of the USLSS, 1898
         Oswego Daily Times, 9 May 1901
         Merchant Vessel List, 1903
         Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1903