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    VESSEL NAME:    George B. Sloan
    OTHER NAME(s):  (sometimes seen as George B. Sloane)
    OFFICIAL NO:    85288
    DATE OF LOSS:   29 October 1885
    REASON:         Storm
    LOCATION:       Oswego, N.Y.
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:      Wooden
    BUILDER:        A. Miller, Oswego, 1873
    OWNER(S):       Martin & Co., Oswego
    MASTER:         Capt. John McDowell
    TONNAGE:     313 gt
    LENGTH:      137 ft
    BEAM:         25 ft
    DEPTH:        10 ft
    CASUALTIES:   1 (Eliza Tackley or Tackaberry, cook)
    SURVIVORS:    6

                  Bound from Ogdensburg to Oswego, flying light, when
              she was flung upon the new breakwater at Oswego while
              attempting to make harbor during a severe storm and went to
              pieces.  The crew made the dangerous leap to the breakwater
              except for the cook, who returned to her cabin for her
              satchels.

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Sources:  Finn, "Old Shipping Days At Oswego", p. 189
          O'Conner, "Heroes of the Storm", p. 251-255
          Oswego Daily Times, 22 September 1873
          Great Lakes Vessel Index, Bowling Green, OH