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    VESSEL NAME:   St. Lawrence
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   116311
    DATE OF LOSS:  25 November 1898
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 2 miles S. of Point Betsie Life-Saving
                                  Station.
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       W. Morley, Marine City, MI - 1890
    OWNER(S):      Morley & Hill, Marine City, MI
    MASTER:        Capt. A. H. Senghas
    TONNAGE:       1,437 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    239.2 x 41.1 x 20
    CASUALTIES:    1
    SURVIVORS:     14

                   Bound Chicago to Prescott, Ontario, carrying 64,000
                bushels of corn when a strong gale with heavy snow set in.
                Mis-calulating the exact position in the blinding show she
                ran aground and stuck fast.  Four men had foolishly left
                the St. Lawrence in a yawl boat which capsized immediately.
                Michael Bridge, the second engineer was among them and was
                the only fatality. The remainder of the crew were rescued
                by the crew of the Point Betsey Life-Saving Service who,
                after an unsuccessful attempt to use the surfboat, and
                unable to see the stranded vessel, fired the Lyle gun
                towards the sound of the whistle.  The first two shots went
                undiscovered by the crew.  The third shot landed across the
                whistle cord, causing the whistle to blow and enabling the
                crew to locate it however the crew of the St. Lawrence got
                the lines fouled, making them useless.  The surfboat was
                again resorted to and, after two perilous trips, the crew
                was taken off.

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Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1900 - pp. 22-25
         Merchant Vessel List, 1894 - pp. 349
         Chicago Tribune, 27 November 1898
         Coe "Heroes of Everyday Life" - 1911, pp. 74-82

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