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    VESSEL NAME:   Noah P. Sprague
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   130038
    DATE OF LOSS:  22 July 1884
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, off Point Au Pelee
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, tug, tow boat
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       F. W. Jones, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1857
    OWNER(S):      Smith, Cleveland, OH
    MASTER:        Capt. John Bowen
    TONNAGE:       186.46 gt, 93.23 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    96 x 21.4 x 9.2
    CASUALTIES:    0

                   Broke her shaft on Lake Huron with three
                 schooner in tow. Was being towed in for repairs
                 when she sprung a leak and sank. Abandoned as a total
                 loss.

                   October, 1857 - Collision with scow SWEEPER in
                                   Detroit River.
                   November, 1857 - Exploded her boiler at Detroit
                                    killing 8 men. Raised. Wreck sold at
                                    Marshal's sale to Geo. H. Parker,
                                    Detroit, $425.
                   August, 1866 -   Burned at Buffalo.
                   September, 1883 - Aground at Kelly's Island

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Sources: Buffalo Daily Courier, 7 September 1857
         Buffalo Weekly Republic, 21 November 1857
         Buffalo Daily Courier, 23 October 1858
         Buffalo Daily Post, 18 August 1866
         Marine Record, 13 September 1883
         The Buffalo Commercial, 24 July 1884
         The Marine Record, 24 & 31 July 1884
         Chicago Tribune, 31 July 1884
         Merchant Vessel List, 1885