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    VESSEL NAME:   Eliza R. Turner
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   8191
    DATE OF LOSS:  10 Oct 1877
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, 9 mi west of Long Point, Ont.
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       A. Turner, Trenton, MI - 1867
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Gill Hearns, Cha's E. Cooley & A. T. VanTassel
    MASTER:        Capt. Gill Hearns
    TONNAGE:       409.33 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    155.33 x 30.33 x 11.16
    CASUALTIES:    2 (Capt. Gill Hearns & the cook)
    
                   Bound from Detroit to Buffalo with wheat. Encountered
                 a terrible storm and ran back under Long Point for shelter.
                 Ventured out again but forced back with TURNER flooded.
                 Went on the beach bow first. Captain & cook washed over-
                 board from the mizzen rigging.
                   
                   Built as a barge with reg. no. 36133. Rig changed to
                   schooner in 1868

                   *Repairs in 1873
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Sources: Annual Report of the USLSS - 1878
         Classification of Lake Vessels & Barges - 1871
         Merchant Vessel List - 1869, '71, '74
         National Board of Lake Underwriters - 1874
         Cleveland Herald - 13 & 26 Oct 1877