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    VESSEL NAME:   St. Peter
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   115232
    DATE OF LOSS:  27 October 1898
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Ontario, abt. 7 miles NW of Sodus Point
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       at Toledo, 1873
    OWNER(S):      Capt. John Griffin et. al
    MASTER:        Capt. John Griffin
    TONNAGE:       289.97 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    185.7 x 26 x 12
    CASUALTIES:    uncertain
    SURVIVORS:     1 (Capt. Griffin)

                   Cleared Oswego with 600 ton of coal consigned to
                Schenck in Toledo.  Struck by a storm when a few miles east
                of the Niagara river causing Capt. Griffin to turn and run
                back down the lake.  Reportedly there were no problems and
                the pumps constantly tested dry.  Suddenly the ST. PETER
                gave a sudden lurch to port and shipped a heavy sea; the
                next one taking her down within sight of shore and the
                Oswego life-savers who were on the way to her aid.
                   The number of crewmen aboard, according to Capt.
                Griffin's own statements, varied from 3 to 5.  Also aboard
                was the captains wife.


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Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1900 - pp. 122
         Chicago Tribune, 28 October 1898
         The Record (Sodus, N.Y.), 4 November 1898
         Merchant Vessel List, 1885
         
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