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    VESSEL NAME:   Sunrise
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   223449
    DATE OF LOSS:  21 May 1896
    REASON:        Collision
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, mid-lake abt. 60 miles north of Chicago
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Peck & M., at Cleveland, 1862
    OWNER(S):      Henry Scheele, Jr. & Capt. Buchanan
    MASTER:        Capt. Buchanan
    TONNAGE:       439.33 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    159 x 30 x 12
    CASUALTIES:    0
    SURVIVORS:     8

                   Rebuilt in 1882 following Oct. 1881 collsion with the
                barge EDWARD KELLEY in tow of the steambarge OSCAR TOWNSEND
                on the St. Clair River.

                   Repairs in 1887 & '89

                   On the morning of May 21, 1896, was bound to the Straits
                in dense fog.  Passed the steamer W. H. GRATWICK with no
                difficulty but did not see her tow, the whaleback barge No.
                133.  The SUNRISE struck the towline and was struck on the
                starboard bow by the barge hard enough to carry away her
                bow.  Crew taken aboard the barge as the SUNRISE sunk.

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Sources: The Ludington Record, 28 May 1896
         Merchant Vessel List - 1872, 1874, 1884
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1891 - pp. 136
         Beeson's Inland Marine Guide, 1891 - pp. 77
         Detroit Tribune, 23 May 1896
         Blue Book of American Shipping, 1897 - pp. 50 (Lost)
         The Federal Reporter, Vol. 81, 1897 - pp. 590-592

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