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    VESSEL NAME:    W. P. Thew
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    81024
    DATE OF LOSS:   22 June 1909
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Collision 
    LOCATION:       Lake Huron, abt 3 mi off Thunder Bay Isl.
    RIG TYPE:       Propeller
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Henry D. Root, Lorain & Vermilion, OH - 1884
    OWNER(S):       Hugh R. Harvey, Detroit
    MASTER:         Capt. Wm. Duncan
    TONNAGE:        206 gt, 168 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     132.5 x 24.2 x 8.3
    CASUALTIES:     none

                    Rammed by the steel steamer LIVINGSTONE in a fog
                  and sank in 30 minutes. No damage to LIVINGSTONE.
                  Crew of the W. P. THEW picked up by the steamer
                  ELPHICKE and taken to Detroit.

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Sources:  Merchant Vessel Lists - 1904, 1909 (losses)
          Port Huron Times Herald - 23 June 1909
          St Joseph Daily Press - 23 June 1909
          Chicago Inter-Ocean - 6 Dec 1909