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    VESSEL NAME:   Three Brothers
    OTHER NAME(s): May Durr, John Spry
    OFFICIAL NO:   91998
    DATE OF LOSS:  27 September 1911
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Stranded  
    LOCATION:      South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller, steambarge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Milwaukee Shipyard Co., 1888
    OWNER(S):      
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       583 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    162 x 31.4 x 11.8
    CASUALTIES:    None of 13

                  THREE BROTHERS was carrying lumber from Boyne City, MI.,
                to Chicago when she sprung a serious leak in a gale and
                was intentionally run aground to prevent her sinking in
                deep water.

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Sources: Michigan State University Center for Maritime and
           Underwater Management.
         Annul Report of the U.S.L.S.S. 1912
         Merchant Vessel Lists - 1903, 1904, 1912
         Cleveland Leader - 10 April 1888
         Sturgeon Bay Advocate - 13 April 1901