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    VESSEL NAME:   Lizzie Throop
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   14678
    DATE OF LOSS:  17 October 1873
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 15 mi NW of South Haven pier
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 2 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       J. O'Connor, Mill Point, (now Spring Lake) MI - 1849
    OWNER(S):      Capt. John Murray, Chicago
    MASTER:        Capt. McColt or McKee
    TONNAGE:       97.75 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    86 x 21 x 8
    CASUALTIES:    4 of 6
    
                   The LIZZIE THROOP was carrying a cargo of slabs
                 from Muskegon to Chicago when she was hit by a squall.
                 News reports of the day reported that she went on the
                 pier at South Haven, MI., and went to pieces.
                   Her wreckage was discovered in 2017 by members of
                 the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association and the
                 National Underwater Marine Agency while searching for
                 Northwest Orient flight 2501. She is down 275 feet
                 about 15 miles northwest of the South Haven pier.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869, 1871, 1873
         Chicago Tribune, 21 October 1873
         The Buffalo Commercial, 22 October 1873
         14th Annual Report of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago,
            1873
         Detroit Free Press, 24 October 1873
         WZZM TV 13 - 13 March 2018
         Great Lakes Maritime Database, University of Michigan